Kathy Bond, candidate for 259 school board District 5 in Wichita, KS
Note: Anyone who lives in the Wichita school district can vote in this race.
Name: Kathy Bond
Age: 63
Occupation: Retired Business Owner
Previous government service: Precinct Committeewoman
Have you run for office before? (Please list any previous offices sought)
no
What is the top issue in your race, and how would you address it?
Further increase expectations on academics in order for each student to achieve success.
The board’s actions have been dominated this past year and a half by the response to the COVID-19 issue and the policies surrounding it. Please outline what you feel needs to be done to protect our children at this point, and specifically address whether you think a mask mandate for staff and/or students is necessary now. Why or why not?
Covid 19 and other respiratory infections are here and may not go away. We must work safely with that understanding. We can continue to encourage students to live healthy life styles with exercise, nourishing foods, and continued handwashing; and masks always should be an option.
The district has invested millions of dollars during the pandemic to create the capability of equipping students for remote learning. Now, the state Legislature has prohibited school districts from offering that option to parents on an ongoing basis. Do you agree or disagree with that decision by the Legislature? Why or why not and what, if anything, do you intend to do about it?
The state legislature passed HB 2134, which prohibits school districts from offering more than 40 hours of remote learning to any student enrolled in in-person learning with a school district. Aug 31, 2021
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