Are you "pro" or "anti" public education?

By Elizabeth Dorn "Liz" Parker

This race is about who will set public policy concerning public schools: those who support a strong public school system versus those who will remove dollars and programs to weaken public schools in Orange County.

One more vote and the county school board will begin to refuse state and federal tax dollars going into classrooms throughout Orange County. One more vote and the Orange County Board of Education will eliminate or change the STEM curriculum in classrooms to be watered down. One more vote, and the county school board will use this office as a political "bully" pulpit to further partisan politics. One more vote, and the children in our schools lose big time!

I have been a constant fighter to further the public schools in every way. I will continue to capture all dollars available to continue to improve our public schools, including excellent Charter Schools. I will continue to fight to restore unfunded mandates from the federal government.

Look at who endorses and supports each candidate to confirm if they are in the "pro" or "anti" public education. My endorsers include nearly ALL of the local school board members we serve, teachers, administrators, law enforcement and business!

To keep moving forward, and to ensure we do not use this office for political purposes, I will need your vote to get re-elected. I wish the majority did not sway in the balance, but it does. This election is about whether a majority of elected members of the Orange County Board of Education support or oppose strong public schools -- I support strong public schools, always have and always will.