Oregon Candidate Questionnaire
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| Candidate Name: | Rachel M. Visinoni |
| Office Candidate is running for: | Redmond School Board Position #2 |
| Campaign Website: |
| # | ISSUE | ANSWER |
| School Board and Administration Responsibilities | ||
| As a School Board member, indicate how likely you would be to vote for or be in agreement with the following statements. Using the drop-down box, select on a 1-5 scale where 5 means strongly agree and 1 means completely disagree. (Education bills in parenthesis are being considered in the 2021 legislative session on the subject in the question.) | ||
| 1 | Giving hiring preference to applicants that help the school district meet educator workforce diversity requirements. (SB 232) | 4 Agree |
| I believe that positions should be given to the most qualified candidate regardless of race or gender | ||
| 2 | Open communication between the community and the board by encouraging public comments at board meetings and/or providing a method to submit public testimony online. | 5 Strongly Agree |
| Our community deserves total transparency | ||
| 3 | Returning the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction from governor appointed position to a statewide elected office. (SB 601, SB 224) | 5 Strongly Agree |
| Oregonians deserve a say in who is at the helm | ||
| 4 | Class size being an additional factor when teachers unions negotiate teachers pay scale. (HB 2270 & SB 580) | 4 Agree |
| I know that there are always a lot of factors in these situations, and this should be one taken into consideration | ||
| 5 | Requiring school board to receive training on promoting inclusion, eliminating racism, and achieving equitable academic outcomes. (SB 334) | 3 Neutral |
| I strong believe that if people truly saw their fellow human beings as equals, this would not be a problem needing training | ||
| Financial | ||
| 6 | Taxing Oregon corporations, which increases the cost of living, as a way to increase funding for Oregon schools. | 3 Neutral |
| Tricky. Many more factors to take into consideration on a decision like this | ||
| 7 | School district should be held liable when students are victims of harassment, discrimination or intimidation. (HB 2937) | 5 Strongly Agree |
| If harassment and/or discrimination is experienced by one, it is a problem for us all, and should be dealt with severally | ||
| 8 | One school employee being assigned, trained, and compensated for every 250 students to act as disciplinary mediator. (HB 2504) | 3 Neutral |
| This is a game of averages, and I would need more data | ||
| School Choice | ||
| 9 | More students being allowed to enroll in non-district virtual public charter schools without school district approval. (HB 2023, HB 2716 SB 518 & SB 657) | 5 Strongly Agree |
| 10 | Expanding the availability of charter schools within the public school system. | 5 Strongly Agree |
| 11 | Allowing a student to attend any public school in the state. (SB 659, 2021) | 2 Disagree |
| District transfers should be easily allowed if residency changes, but in order to prevent over crowding, districts should remain | ||
| 12 | School board support for including homeschooled students in extracurricular activities such as sporting events, music concerts, school clubs, etc. (SB 223) | 4 Agree |
| These are resources every student should have access too | ||
| Student Learning-Curriculum/Testing | ||
| 13 | Developing a curriculum that teaches constitutional principles, limited government and maximized individual liberties upon which the U.S. was founded. | 5 Strongly Agree |
| 100% | ||
| 14 | Students in grades K-12 receiving at least half of a semester of instruction on civics. (HB 2299, SB 26) | 4 Agree |
| Age appropriate of course | ||
| 15 | A balanced curriculum that includes equal time studying the various perspectives on topics such as historic events, environmental theories, scientific assumptions and main religions. | 5 Strongly Agree |
| Having all the information is the best way for students to be equipped to make tough choices in their lives | ||
| 16 | School districts being required to provide instruction on racist history of this country and state. (SB 683) | 3 Neutral |
| It's true that some of our country's history is racist, but history should be presented neutrally and factually | ||
| 17 | Excluding political views, sexual orientation, and religious (or anti-religious) topics from the classroom. | 5 Strongly Agree |
| POLITICS HAS NO PLACE IN EDUCATION | ||
| 18 | School board supporting programs that utilize volunteers from local businesses, churches and civic groups that provide mentoring, internships and other real life education. | 5 Strongly Agree |
| I believe this is the strongest way for students to be able to weigh their options for their future life | ||
| 19 | When English is a second language, promote student integration into regular school programs. | 4 Agree |
| This is the best way for them to learn, and to feel accepted | ||
| 20 | Eliminating requirement that instruction in all subjects must be conducted in English, providing communication in a student's primary language. (HB 2056) | 1 Strongly Disagree |
| English is the predominant language of our country, and students will need to know enough to be productive future citizens | ||
| 21 | Permiting a parent to excuse student from taking statewide standardized assessment tests. (SB 678) | 5 Strongly Agree |
| Parents/guardians should always have final say in the education of the student they are raising | ||
| 22 | Allowing schools to implement nationally recognized high school assessments in mathematics, science or English. (HB 2960) | 4 Agree |
| I believe this is the best way for us to get our students recently floundering education back on track | ||
| 23 | Prohibiting commercially developed and scored assessment tests for preschool through second grade. (SB 596) | 4 Agree |
| I do not believe the children this young are ready for that | ||
| 24 | Evaluating the instructional needs of each student as a result of school closure due to COVID-19 and report summary to the Department of Education. (HB 2962) | 4 Agree |
| We need to get back on track before we are unrecoverable | ||
| School Environment and Safety | ||
| 25 | Holding an open discussion with students on why students are dropping out of school. | 3 Neutral |
| I'd say let this be part of high school orrientation | ||
| 26 | Conducting staff awareness training to identify early signs of harassment, intimidation, bullying and cyberbullying. | 4 Agree |
| I know this is a growing problem, and we all need to be ready to help | ||
| 27 | Dress codes that do not overly limit freedom of choice and speech. (HB 2052) | 4 Agree |
| I am all for individual expression, but kids also need to be guided back to reasonable guidelines | ||
| 28 | A low student-teacher ratio increases success in the classroom. | 5 Strongly Agree |
| Not eveyone learns the same way, and individual attention could be very beneficial to some | ||
| 29 | Students of any age being allowed to prevent parental notification when student has been a victim of harassment. (HB 2631) | 1 Strongly Disagree |
| Unless the harassment has been concluded to come from the parent themselves, the parent should always be notified | ||
| 30 | Implementing a statewide education plan specifically for LGBTQ and other gender identity students. (SB 52) | 2 Disagree |
| LGBTQ students should be educated right along with everyone else. We are all equal. | ||
| 31 | Armed security in every school. (SB 238) | 3 Neutral |
| School by school basis by circumstance | ||
| 32 | Requiring schools to provide students that have been suspended or expelled with assigned classwork and meals the student may have received if not suspended or expelled. (HB 2945) | 3 Neutral |
| As a separate program perhaps, but not as part of that schools budget | ||
| 33 | Prohibiting school district board from authorizing or using certain monitoring software related to students' computer usage. (SB 594) | 2 Disagree |
| That is the duty of the parent or guardian at home, but definitely restrictions on school computers | ||