A PRACTICAL, REASONABLE CONSERVATIVE NOT BACKED BY FAR-LEFT LIBERAL GROUPS NOR BEING PROMOTED BY PEOPLE WHO ALREADY DOMINATE SCHOOLS BOARDS: I am a practical conservative who is not so extreme that some left-leaning people who know me well are still adamant supporters. People know I represent my community, not district leadership or the powerful special interests that already dominate school boards. We need checks and balances on absolute domination, not more of the same.

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WILLING TO TAKE HEAT TO REPRESENT MY CONSTITUENTS: I was the lone board member not to vote for the tax increase that passed last year. I instead proposed a lower tax based on reducing our budget for iPads in the lower grades and for administrative bloat. I took a lot of heat for my vote, and there are many who are backing my opponent because of this.

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I also fought against the board's recent pay raise for the Superintendent who was already being compensated around $400,000 per year. This is not right when the board just raised families' property taxes last year.

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FIGHTING TO CORRECT STATE EDUCATION FUNDING FORMULAS TO BRING MORE MONEY TO DAVIS DISTRICT SCHOOLS WITHOUT PUTTING PRESSURE ON RAISING TAXES: I still heartily support well-funded schools. I have a great working relationship with our local legislators and have been going out of my way to correct an unfairness in state funding formulas to bring in millions to Davis Schools without the need to raise property taxes for Davis County families.

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​20-YEAR SUPPORTER OF DAVIS SCHOOLS: I am a parent of four with nearly 20 years of experience in Davis School District. I am highly skilled at analyzing data and care deeply about students, teachers, parents, representing the majority of my constituents and not extreme viewpoints, and doing what's best for our school district. I have a solid 20-year track record of supporting parents and teachers, giving hours of my time meeting with community councils and parents, visiting schools, getting feedback from teachers and constituents, and have the wholehearted support of the best of the best in education.

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SOME ENDORSEMENTS:

• Tracey Meade, long-time head of the iconic Davis High math department

• Julie Laub, esteemed chemistry teacher at Davis High

• ​Tami Tran, Kaysville Mayor

• Lili Bitner, Republican candidate for Utah House 17

• Melissa Layton, Farmington City Council

• Jim Lamb, former Fruit Heights City Council

• Jodi Lunt, former head of the Davis Education Foundation, the charitable arm of Davis District

• Having interviewed both me and my opponent, I am grateful to earn the endorsement of the Doer's Network, a new group seeking to support practical conservative candidates who are not about culture war speak and know how to get things done. See their Davis County voter's guide to see a mix of candidates who are across the conservative spectrum:  https://assets.nationbuilder.com/doers/pages/5974/attachments/original/1792267938/2026_Davis_County_Voter_Guide.pdf?1792267938

• See more endorsements under the “Endorsement” section that testify of my dedication and involvement with our school community

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DEDICATED LEADERSHIP FROM A DEDICATED SCHOLAR

• Mother of four, with two decades in 8 Davis District Schools

• Years of PTA & school community council leadership

• People across my district testify of me visiting schools and community councils, and freely giving hours and hours of my time to meet with teachers and constituents; I also have one of the best attendance records for board meetings amongst our board

• Sacrificed work at Utah's largest law firm to serve on the board

• National Merit scholar who graduated from BYU cum laude in humanities with double minors in physics and math

• Earned the equivalent of a physics degree while in law school; the only board member with a math/science background

• Some of Julie's children have also experienced private schools, public charter schools, career/technical education schools, and have even been homeschooled; all these experiences give Julie unique insight into what constitutes high quality education

• Father was born in North Korea; Julie's profoundly grateful for the freedoms we enjoy in this country–she often tells his story at Farmington & Davis High graduations
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ACCOUNTABILITY WITH A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET

• Voted for lower property taxes to reduce spending on district office administrative bloat & on iPads in the younger grades

• Fought the board’s recent approval to increase the superintendent’s pay (who was already being compensated around $400,000/yr)

• Halted the rubber stamping of corporate welfare; giving unnecessary tax breaks to outside entities harms taxpayers and schools

• Got the district to get competitive bids for services it was overpaying for

• Used legal expertise to minimize lawsuits & save taxpayer money

• I still believe in well-funded schools and am working with legislators to adjust education funding formulas to: 1) reduce pressure to raise Davis County property taxes, and 2) simultaneously bring more money to Davis schools without raising taxes for families in Davis County

 

FIGHTS FOR:

• Strong academic programs

• Teacher morale & parent voice

• Accountability and transparency

• Small class sizes

• Less screen time in schools

• Conservative family values

• More meaningful teacher/employee/athlete surveys and feedback systems

• Special education funding (Julie has a child in Sped)

• Gifted programs (Julie's had multiple children in gifted programs)

• Strong dual language immersion schools (Julie's had children in both the immersion and traditional English side of immersion schools)
   

CHECKS AND BALANCES

• Not associated with powerful special interests that already dominate Utah school boards

• Was not asked to run by, nor am I being promoted by, people who already hold the highest levels of power in the school district

• Not seeking to expand a therapy referral business and does not stand to benefit professionally by serving on the board

• Chairs the Board Audit Committee and ensures that it operates as independent as possible from the superintendency

• Serves on the Board Policy Committee where Julie helps craft law for the school district and has prevented the board from making inadvertent legal mistakes many times

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