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School Board Candidate Questionnaire
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Name |
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Address |
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City,
State, Zip Code |
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Phone Number(s) |
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E-Mail |
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Signature |
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1. School board members are responsible for
policies, capital projects, budgets, personnel issues, curriculum, contracts,
etc. What
knowledge/skills/experience do you have in these areas? |
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2.
Would you support an increase in the
teacher’s work day or year without compensation equal to per diem? |
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3.
What is your philosophy on how competitive ACPS teachers’ salaries should be
compared to surrounding districts? |
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4. Do you favor school
vouchers? Tuition tax credits? |
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Why do you want to serve on the school board?
If elected, what will be your priorities? |
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6.
The EAA is the registered employee organization in ACPS. Per ACPS
regulations, the purpose of the registered organization “is to represent unit
employees with respect to matters relating to their salaries and conditions
of employment”. The process by which this occurs is referred to as Meet
and Confer and is vital to our membership. How will you ensure that
this process takes place? |
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Will you support annual step increases
and cost-of-living increases for employees? |
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8.
What is your opinion of merit pay or
pay for performance? |
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9. Teachers work many hours beyond their
contract day for which they are not compensated. Would you support requiring a time impact
statement before approving new initiatives? |
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10. Do you support tying teacher pay to
students’ test scores? Do you support
tying teacher pay to any other measure of student achievement? |
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11. Describe your perspective on the role and
responsibilities of the school board and administration. |
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