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Travis Moffatt

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Submitted by john wertz on 2021-04-11 20:19:34

 

Pros

• Willing to run for public office

Cons

• Did Not complete the Questionnaire.

• lack of interest (or unwillingness) in expressing their ideas & qualifications in a public forum

• Magnolia resident says he's nothing more than a rubber stamp for Charlie Riley crowd

 

Questionnaire

General

Have you ever been arrested? Ever had any tax liens? If so, start & resolution dates?

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

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

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Is this board currently fulfilling its obligations?

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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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What is your role as a board member?

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Budget

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

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What is the appropriate staffing ratio of non-teachers to teachers?

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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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Do you support using zero-based budget practices for every governmental entity, elected and appointed?

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What is a proper balance of local and state funding?

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Spending

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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The Texas Education Agency has a Financial Integrity Rating System for ISD's What is your ISD's rating for this past year? If it is not superior please discuss your plan to improve this rating?

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Construction costs of Schools is skyrocketing. At the same time the school square footage per child is also skyrocketing. Does the ISD need to build these amenity-rich buildings?

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Taxes

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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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 needs in your ISD would justify a tax rate increase?

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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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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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ISD's are one of the largest abusers to taxpayer funded lobbying. Will you commit to stop the funding of taxpayer funded lobbying?

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School Districts have drawn a "Wizard of Oz" curtain over much of their curriculum in recent years with the replacement of text books with online curriculum. What will you do to make "full disclosure" of ALL curriculum to parents and ensure that parental notification of potentially controversial materials is 100% followed?

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Other

What level of school safety is appropriate? Please describe all the safety approaches you are aware of and your opinion of each.

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