Pledge for School District Candidates and Elected Officials

We recommend that voters call on school district candidates and elected officials to embrace this pledge:

I, _________________________, PLEDGE TO THE VOTERS OF ____________________________

THAT I WILL DO MY UTMOST AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO

1)    Promote education that cultivates in our children a profound respect for our nation’s founding principles and the U.S. and New Hampshire Constitutions;

2)    Promote an academic program that teaches that all people are created equal and have equal rights and responsibilities under the law;

3)    Prevent school faculty and staff from politicizing education, while respecting the free speech of individuals and the educator code of conduct;

4)    Insist on maximal transparency to the public, including, but not limited to, curriculum, budgeting, grants, expenditures, bidding, academic outcomes, school environment, etc.;

5)    Respect that parents are the ultimate authority of their children’s values, education, and well-being;

6)    Pursue academic excellence through an academic program actively overseen by the elected representatives;

7)    Advocate for reading, writing, and arithmetic as foundational to academic advancement;

8)    Treat all academic program innovations or changes with healthy skepticism;

9)    Represent the residents of the school district by responding to questions, being prudent in budgeting, and holding administration and faculty accountable to those residents;

10) Hold administrators and staff accountable when they fail to uphold these standards.