As of May 15, 2025, Eric Richards’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Teacher Recruitment

Opposes Critical Race Theory. He provided no further information on this topic.

Supports parent involvement with school curriculum; "My platform for my campaign is parents' rights."

- Opposes Critical Race Theory. He provided no further information on this topic.
- Supports parent involvement with school curriculum; "My platform for my campaign is parents' rights."

School Curriculum

College & Career Readiness

Eric Richards

LinkedIn

Wants to involve teacher and support staff input in educational decision making.

- Wants to involve teacher and support staff input in educational decision making.

Supports curriculum decisions that bolster "real-world learning."

- Supports curriculum decisions that bolster "real-world learning."
- Opposes Critical Race Theory.

Supports "increased opportunities for students to explore technical course study and career tracks."

- Supports "increased opportunities for students to explore technical course study and career tracks."

Erin Ragsdale

MailChimp

Opposes "the psychological profiling of our children through survey programs like Panorma Education."

Wants to, "keep politics out of the curriculum."

- Opposes Critical Race Theory (CRT).
- Opposes "the psychological profiling of our children through survey programs like Panorma Education."
- Wants to, "keep politics out of the curriculum."

As of May 15, 2025, Sean Kaufman’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Sean Kaufman

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.

Cherokee County Board of Education Member, District 5, Republican Primary

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