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A. Simmons Campaign Finance Report 04.30.22

Supports efforts to retain teachers, especially great ones, because "in the absence of good teachers, impactful learning will not occur."

Supports ensuring teachers have adequate planning time for their curriculum and its instruction.

Supports efforts to expand staff to alleviate teacher workload. This would include hiring paraprofessionals, social workers, and counselors.

Supports the recruitment of teachers who reflect the diversity of the student body.

- Supports efforts to retain teachers, especially great ones, because "in the absence of good teachers, impactful learning will not occur." 
- Supports ensuring teachers have adequate planning time for their curriculum and its instruction. 
- Supports efforts to expand staff to alleviate teacher workload. This would include hiring paraprofessionals, social workers, and counselors.
- Supports the recruitment of teachers who reflect the diversity of the student body.

Teacher Recruitment

Supports a "future focused" school curriculum to ensure students are prepared to compete globally.

Supports the involvement of parents and students in discussions of curriculum and other topics raised at Board of Education meetings.

- Supports a "future focused" school curriculum to ensure students are prepared to compete globally. 
- Supports the involvement of parents and students in discussions of curriculum and other topics raised at Board of Education meetings.

School Curriculum

Supports courses for financial literacy, entrepreneurial studies, computer science and other industrial subjects that are experiencing a shortage of workers.

- Supports courses for financial literacy, entrepreneurial studies, computer science and other industrial subjects that are experiencing a shortage of workers.

College & Career Readiness

As of March 16, 2022, Adrienne Simmons’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Adrienne Simmons

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As of March 16, 2022, Alexis Williams’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Believes that social emotional learning, critical race theory, and comprehensive sexual education mandates are put above the safety of students and children. Specifically, she believes critical race theory "attempts to silence and minimize parental rights and roles in advocating for \[their] children."

Believes parents have a pivotal role in board of education meetings and in talking about curriculum.

Supports curriculum transparency and mastering of reading, writing, arithmetic, STEM, and civics education.

Opposes efforts to indoctrinate children into political ideologies.

- Believes that social emotional learning, critical race theory, and comprehensive sexual education mandates are put above the safety of students and children. Specifically, she believes critical race theory "attempts to silence and minimize parental rights and roles in advocating for \[their] children." 
- Believes parents have a pivotal role in board of education meetings and in talking about curriculum. 
- Supports curriculum transparency and mastering of reading, writing, arithmetic, STEM, and civics education. 
- Opposes efforts to indoctrinate children into political ideologies.

Believes schools are a place to produce leaders who have mastered reading, writing, arithmetic, STEM, and civics, and can compete globally.

- Believes schools are a place to produce leaders who have mastered reading, writing, arithmetic, STEM, and civics, and can compete globally.

Alexis Williams

Supports providing teachers with more power and improving working conditions.

Said, "\[I will work to] eliminate top heavy administrations."

- Supports providing teachers with more power and improving working conditions. 
- Said, "\[I will work to] eliminate top heavy administrations."

Supports providing a foreign language elective or class for all schools and grade levels.

Wants to improve the resources for special education programs.

Wants to ensure school discipline polices are fair and equitable. She also wants create an opportunity for students to expunge disciplinary records.

Wants to create an advisory board for school board members to assure input from parents, teachers, students, and community stakeholders.

- Supports providing a foreign language elective or class for all schools and grade levels. 
- Wants to improve the resources for special education programs. 
- Wants to ensure school discipline polices are fair and equitable. She also wants create an opportunity for students to expunge disciplinary records. 
- Wants to create an advisory board for school board members to assure input from parents, teachers, students, and community stakeholders.

Supports returning vocational education to all high schools and officially acknowledging 4 year colleges are not for every student.

- Supports returning vocational education to all high schools and officially acknowledging 4 year colleges are not for every student.

As of March 16, 2022, Kelly Kautz’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Kelly Kautz

As of March 16, 2022, Matt Sones did not have a website.

Matt Sones

As of March 16, 2022, Tony Sellers did not have a website or any information online.

Tony Sellers

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.

Gwinnett County Board of Education Member, District 4

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