INDEPENDENT FROM WELL-FUNDED, DOMINANT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS: I am not being helped by well-funded special interest groups that seek to dominate education politics and who say they are not partisan, but are actually very partisan. I represent my community, not district leadership or powerful special interests. We need checks and balances on power, not more of the same.

 

20-YEAR SUPPORTER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: I am a parent with three children currently in Davis School District. I think very independently and care deeply about students, teachers, 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 public education, parents, and teachers, and have the wholehearted support of the best of the best in education.

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ENDORSED BY SO MANY THAT IT WOULD BE FUTILE TO LIST THEM ALL:

• ​Tami Tran, Kaysville Mayor

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

• Julie Laub, esteemed chemistry teacher at Davis High

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

• See more endorsements under the “Endorsement” section

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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

• 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 (Julie's opponent has a bachelor’s degree in sociology)

• Some of Julie's children have also experienced private schools, public charter schools, career/technical education schools, and have even been homeschooled (but not on vouchers); 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

• Disagrees with 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

• 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

 

FIGHTS FOR:

• 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

• Independent from powerful special interests seeking to dominate Utah school boards

• Was not asked to run by someone in high 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 she helps craft law for the school district and has prevented the board from making inadvertent legal mistakes multiple times

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