The country as a whole has been experiencing a new interest in local elections. Extreme groups have been infiltrating local government through every avenue possible. School board elections are not immune to this. This year, the Redmond school board has four of five seats up for election. Fortunately, three of the positions have candidates who are highly qualified, reasonable, champions of public education, and whose sole agenda is to ensure that students are advocated for and provided a safe, resource-heavy environment for learning.

Liz Goodrich, Brad Porterfield and Amanda Page are committed to keeping politics out of our school boards. We believe that school boards have a duty to ensure that our children are educated in a safe space with respect to a foundational principle of the freedom of citizens to have access to comprehensive factual information, varying perspectives, and accurate history. We believe that our kids have the right to academic freedom and teachers should be supported in educating our kids in alignment with the best practices in education. We believe that parents have the right to choose which books and potentially sensitive topics are appropriate for their own children, but that right does not supersede the rights of other parents.

A successful election will ensure that our board’s majority voice is that of reason and a true desire for the best interest of every student in the district.

This election matters. Please vote.

Liz Goodrich

Redmond