Li, Ying

Meet the Candidate

Running For:
School Board
District:
Hollidaysburg Area School District
Age:
48
Occupation:
Professor of Mathematics
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Biographical Info: (click to expand)
Why are you running for office? (click to expand)

Survey

Response Legend

  • SSupport
  • OOppose
  • UUndecided
  • −Declined to Respond/Undecided, Position Unknown/Unclear
  • *Comment
  • †Declined to respond, Position based on citation

Question Response Comments/Notes
1. Providing state tax credits and education savings accounts to enable parents to choose what school their child attends. S
2. Reserving girls’ sports exclusively for biological females. S* Males are born to be stronger than females. It is unfair for the females athletes to compete with biological male peers.
3. Separating restrooms, locker rooms, and other privacy areas based on biological sex. S* There could be potential harms to females if we allows males who claim they are otherwise to enter female restrooms or locker rooms.
4. Permitting students to discuss their Christian faith with others during non-class time on school premises. S* America is built upon Christianity.
5. Allowing school personnel to refer students to abortion providers. O
6. Requiring signed permission (opt-in) from a parent before a student may participate in sex education classes or presentations on gender identity theory. S* Parents have the right to decide what their kids learn in school.
7. Increasing transparency by requiring videos or documents shown to students [which are not part of pre-approved curriculum] be preserved for easy review by administrator and parents S
8. Providing curricula that advocates critical race theory and its emphasis on defining people as oppressors or oppressed based on group identity or privileges. O* This is Marxism. It never worked in other countries. It would not work in America either.
9. Requiring teachers to use "she" to describe a biological male student who identifies as a female, even if the teacher offered a reasonable alternative. O* This is nonsense.
10. Specifying in school policy that materials containing visual depictions of people engaging in sex acts or explicit written descriptions of people engaging in sex acts is not age-appropriate for the school’s curriculum and libraries. S