Candy Olson

Education Another issue I will advocate for is keeping classrooms politically neutral. Ideological flags have no place in a teacher’s classroom, as they will be inherently offensive to some. The American flag is all-inclusive and offensive to none. If I am elected into office, a flag policy will also be one of my top priorities. Education I support parental involvement within the school system and will go to great lengths to facilitate this. Keeping parents informed regarding all aspects of their child’s life while at school is extremely beneficial to the long term success of that child. Parental consent and parent notification is a constitutional right of the parents which should never be denied (with exception to an abusive home situation). Education It is my belief that our bookshelves and libraries should only have age-appropriate content, without explicit and sexually graphic material. Currently there are numerous obscene, pedophilic and incestuous themed books in our RUSD libraries. Exposing young children to pornography has well documented, devastating long term psychosocial effects (see Bad Books tab). I plan on recommending a book challenge policy that actually works and has time frames/limits for each step while protecting the children first (removing book while challenge is in progress).