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ABOUT ME

 

Hi, I’m Julie Powell, and I’m just finishing up my first term on the Davis County School Board. There’s a huge learning curve to serve effectively on a school board for a large district, and I have projects I want to continue working on. For example, I currently Chair the Board's Audit Committee and am directing an audit over student tech usage to help our schools manage it wisely. This is somewhat complex and will take several months. I have been a passionate advocate against excessive use of tech in the schools for years and want to be sure we can get this right.

 

A little background about me: I’m a National Merit Scholar and graduated cum laude from BYU in humanities with double minors in physics and math. I’m an attorney at the largest firm in Utah, but have taken a hiatus while serving on the school board and while my children need me (I have one with special needs). I’ve been extremely involved in Davis schools over the last two decades and have served as Community Council Chair and in various PTA leadership and volunteer positions. The combination of my legal expertise as well as two decades with four children in Davis Schools has proved to be immensely valuable while serving on the school board. I have guided our board and school district in many instances to help us stay in compliance with the law and to stay out of avoidable costly legal battles. My legal background has also been incredibly valuable while serving on the Policy Committee that crafts laws for our school district.

 

Fun fact: my father was born in North Korea. It’s quite a story how he got here, and I’m very grateful for this country that we live in and the freedoms that we enjoy here. Some of you may have heard my father's story at Farmington and Davis High graduations where I am assigned to speak as a board member.

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Between my four kids, we have been involved in both the gifted program as well as in various programs in special education. We have participated in the dual language immersion program, and we have been in the English-only program in a dual language immersion school. We have participated in charter, private, public, and online schools. We have even homeschooled. All this experience gives me a unique perspective as to what contributes to a high-quality, solid academic education, both for gifted kids and for kids who find school challenging. I am personally invested in Davis schools because I have multiple children in them, and I want to see our schools thrive.

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​Most people find me approachable, a great listener, and someone who tries to avoid prejudice and rushed judgments when making decisions. I always encourage people to avoid demonizing people who disagree. I'm really saddened by the increasingly polarizing climate we live in and encourage our district to lead out in seeing all stakeholders first and foremost as human beings even though they may have differing perspectives.

I am grateful to have a lot of community support for my candidacy. I was not originally intending to run for a second term because it is a huge personal and financial sacrifice for me. However, I reconsidered my circumstances, and after many parents, teachers, administrators, and school employees begged me to re-run, I decided to throw my hat in the ring again. Thanks for taking the time to be an informed voter!​​​​​​

 
All my best, Julie Powell

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