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All elections should be nonpartisan. If you can’t figure out how to vote without a party affiliation… maybe you just aren’t spending the time to be educated and you shouldn’t be voting.
How many parents are actually unhappy?
“It would be nice if state legislators read the results of a recent survey of Hoosier parents conducted for the Indiana Department of Education. It would be even better if they took them to heart.
If they did read the results, here’s what they would learn:
* Indiana parents are happy with their children’s schools. A remarkable 88% said they were satisfied with the quality of their child’s school. Figures were even higher for some groups: 90% for parents of elementary children and 96% in rural areas and small towns.
* Parents know what schools are teaching and support it: 81% say they know what their children are learning in school, and 78% say they agree with it.
* Those who disagree with what schools are teaching are a tiny minority of parents. Only 7% don’t approve of what the schools teach, and two-thirds of those admit they don’t know what that is. In other words, “I don’t know what they’re teaching but, whatever it is, I don’t like it.””
https://inschoolmatters.wordpress.com/2023/02/06/survey-finds-strong-parent-support-for-schools/
Why upend something that has worked for decades…….
Sounds like a slippery slope. Leave partisan politics out of schools!
What’s interesting is that citizens can force this on the ballot with a very small number of voters:
“A third option would permit the decision to be made through a petition process requiring signatures of 500 voters or 5% of voters in the district, whichever is lesser. A successful petition would put the question on the ballot“.
So we can let 500 voters force a referendum on partisan school board elections … but we couldn’t do a referendum on abortion.
Also, there’s no mechanism for rolling back these changes if they’re implemented and citizens realize they made a mistake… and the bill also bans school district employees from running for office.
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/02/09/indiana-voters-could-make-school-board-elections-partisan-under-new-gop-backed-legislation/
Growing up, I was always taught that the Republican Party was the party of “less government”. The last few years, especially, have shown this to be completely inaccurate. The Republican Party now clearly wants control over every facet of our lives.
Lower the bar and raising it at the same time.
Lowering it, because primaries turn out the more extreme voters I think you will get partisan candidates with culture war issues. It is a proven fact of the primary election system.
Raising the bar, because now, a candidate will have to go through two election cycles.
This is another solution in search of real problem. It makes no sense. It is a waste of time and money.
This is about as dumb an idea as has been proposed, ever! Partisan politics has no business in elections to school boards.
Partisan politics has no business in elections to school boards, ever!
Partisan politics has no business in elections to school boards!
Partisan politics has no business in school board elections!
Party designations have no business in school board elections!
Political designations have no business in school board elections!
Political party designations have no business in school board elections!
Political party designations do not belong in school board elections!