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Tiffany Nelson
Party Republican
Website www.tiffanyforcisd.com
Born
Education BBA, MA
Occupation executive director
Religion Christian
Marital Married
Children 6

Tiffany Nelson

declared

MCTP PAC Score of: 86 ENDORSED Source

Submitted by john wertz on 2022-10-04 11:49:52

Pros

  • A Mamma Bears slate of Christian conservative candidates
  • Full transparency on parental oversite
  • Anti-woke position(no CRT, no SEL, no IB)
  • Curriculum to emphasize 3 R's and American Exceptionalism
  • Favors a return of prayer to school
  • Strong conservative convictions, involved parent, leadership skills and experience with business and non-profit organizations

Cons

  • No school board experience

 

Video Interview 2/12/22 Source

Submitted by john wertz on 2022-10-04 11:49:41

 

Questionnaire

General

Would you support a district policy that requires all staff members and students to be vaccinated against COVID-19?

No.

One of the great powers of the Lt Governor is the power to appoint committee chairs. What criteria do/ will you use to select individuals for those positions?

Someone who is experienced, communicative, transparent, honest, compassionate, who has integrity, and who values quality education.

Education

How much access do you believe parents should have to their children's curriculum? classroom? teacher? online?

100% transparency, NOTHING should be hidden from parents regarding their minor children.

Do you support allowing all students to use bathrooms, showers and locker rooms, as well as participate in sports, based on the gender with which they identify, not the sex they are assigned to at birth?

No, all children are created in the image of God, as male or female.

Will you work to remove harmful materials as defined in Texas penal code 43.24 from all school property? Additionally, do you support removing the “educational exemption” from this law?

We should absolutely remove harmful material from all school property, and should make sure that parents have full transparency into what is being taught to their children.

Should the SBOE have total & final authority on what teaching materials are used in the classroom? Please explain fully.

SBOE can set the framework, but parents should be involved in every step of a child's education.

Please give your opinion of each of the following programs and the reasoning supporting your opinion: Common Core, Critical Race Theory, Social Emotional Learning, International Bacculaureate.

Common Core, CRT (or its tenets) and SEL have no place in our schools. They do not reflect the values and principles this country was founded upon, and I do not believe they are in the best interest of children.

The SBOE has been charged by Governor Abbott with developing standards for books found in school libraries to prevent pornography from getting into the hands of our schoolchildren. What is your position on the development of these important standards?

We should ensure that sexually explicit materials and content are not allowed in schools, and parents are allowed 100% transparency.

Would you pledge to vote against any attempt to authorize any CISD employee salary that would be more than 50% above that of the Texas Governors salary?

I will vote to make sure that no staff is paid an exorbitant amount of money and that wages are based on fair market value as to how they are in the private sector.

Briefly explain how American history should be taught to our students.

Schools should teach American Exceptionalism so that America continues to be the shining city on the hill for freedom.

What is the State of Texas school system ranked in literacy and what would your plan be to make it No. 1 in the country?

Texas has the fourth lowest literacy rate in the nation. We need to focus on reading, writing and arithmetic, and stop promoting radical ideologies.

What is your position about parental choice and charter schools?

Money should not go to the institution, money should follow the students; and parents should have the ultimate choice on where they educate their children. 

In your opinion, what are the three most important roles of the school board and if elected, how would you contribute to those important roles??

Empower parents, put students first and remove radical indoctrination. Pass policies that remove indoctrination and politcal agendas, and ensure that the district focuses on reading, writing, and arithmetic.

Would you be in favor of returning prayer to every classroom in the state?

Yes.

What are three reasons why you think you are the best candidate running for this Board position?

I am in favor of placing parents in the driver's seat, putting students first, and against radical indoctrination; and that is why I have the support from parents and consertives across the district. 

Would you support a district policy that requires all staff members and students to be vaccinated against COVID-19?

No.

Are standardized tests good or bad? Please explain fully.

Not all students are the best at taking standardized tests. We need to find a way to adequately measure a student's sucess based on a boilerplate exam.

How much influence does the board have on the actual classroom curriculum used? What is your plan to achieve that?

The school board has an exponential amount of influence on the actual cirriculum, although we must teach the basic standards required by the SBOE, the Confreo ISD school board to go above and beyond to ensure the highest quality of student outcomes.

Ethics

Is there anything in your background of an embarrassing nature that should be explained before your election? Arrests/Convictions? Bankruptcys?

No.

Other

Do you believe a teacher should be required to use a student’s preferred pronoun?

No.