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Gary Hammons
Party I
Website
Born Hooks Texas
Education BBA Accounting Texas A&M Texarkana
Occupation CFO, QES Directional Drilling LLC
Religion Christian
Marital Married
Children 2

Gary Hammons

declared

 

 

MCTP Score of 79. Source

Submitted by john wertz on 2022-04-20 19:36:32

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Questionnaire

General

Is the board seat you seek to be elected to effectively fulfilling its role? How or how not?

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What makes you qualified for this office?  Name three main reasons you believe you’re the best candidate for this position?

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What are the 3 largest challenges currently facing this position/office and your road map to address them?

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What do you view as the top 3 issues facing your ISD in the next 5 years?

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What is one significant way that your ISD can reform itself to increase educational achievement?

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What special interest groups have you belonged to or attended meetings of? Include business, social, civic, educational, environmental or any other cause for which you have advocated or supported with time or money.

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Budget

What are the top 3 areas where the budget for this ISD needs to be adjusted?

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Do you believe a lack of funding from the state is the primary reason for lower educational outcomes compared to other states or nations.

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Will you vote to limit budget increases to a factor based on population growth and inflation? Explain.

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Do you believe a component of compensation for teachers and chancellors should be based on merit, instead of the traditional system of seniority.

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Spending

What can school districts do to ensure more of existing education funds are spent on educational purposes, rather than administration and overhead?

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How much money does ISD have in their bank account for "contingencies"? How much is statutorially required to keep on hand?

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Taxes

Please explain why or why not local taxing entities should be required to get voter approval for a tax increase.

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What MISD needs would justify a tax rate increase?

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Please discuss to what extent tax revenues should be used for non-academic programs/purposes. Please list all non-academic programs you support and suggested additional revenue sources.

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Should lawmakers require that local government entities hold a school tax ratification or school bond proposition election in November or is any time okay?

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Education

What is a proper balance of local and state funding?

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What level of school safety is appropriate? What ideas do you have  to make our campuses more safe?

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Ethics

Do you believe the private conduct of a public official is relevant to that official’s suitability for office?

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How will you improve the transparency and access to financial and other records of ISD for the public?

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Other

What political party have you affilated with over the last twenty years? Do you believe in that party platform(all of it or % part - if %, please describe what you disagree with?

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Under what circumstances should abortion be legal?

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