Dr. Wendy Flint

What We Believe

Constitution
The constitution of the United States should be taught in public schools - consistent with the construction and intent of the founding fathers.
State Laws
Legislation in each state shall mandate the promotion of the Constitution, American Heritage, patriotism, morality, and love of country in the public schools. School administrators and school board members will enforce the law.
Right to Pray
A child’s individual right to pray to God is an inherent and constitutional right, and it shall not be abridged because a child walks through the public school doors.
Financial Accountability
School board members should increase their understanding and accountability of the district budget and should spend wisely the money of the taxpayer, respecting input from the community. Prior to budget approval, citizen access to the budget should be made available for review.
Parent Involvement
The education system should respect and utilize the involvement and the ideas of parents, and promote parent participation on advisory boards, curriculum selection, and as volunteers in the schools. All textbooks and curricula should be made available to parents upon request for review. Any policy or process to allow such requests should not be cumbersome.
Local Control
Government control or intervention in schools should be kept at a minimum, with the majority of decisions being made by the local school boards, respecting input from local citizens, especially in sensitive issues where specific family values must be considered.
Values
School board members and school administrators should insure that the values taught to children by parents in the home are not undermined in the schools.
Voice of Citizens
State legislators or assembly men and women, and federal congress men and women or senators, need to respect the input of parents and the school board members who represent them. Their voice should be weighed heavily against the pressures of large national special interest groups or teachers’ unions, whose agenda may not reflect the values or wishes of parents.
Opting Out
The Constitution of the United States gives us freedom of religion, and that upon a parent’s request a child may be excused from a classroom discussion or specific parts of the curriculum program because of religious beliefs, and given an alternate assignment without harassment, retribution, or humiliation.

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