Katie Allen is a wife and mother who has resided in Columbia County since 2016. She completed her Bachelor of Science in international business management and is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in law and policy from Liberty University. She also has an Associate of Arts in Arabic language studies and an Associate of Applied Science in intelligence operations studies.

Katie Allen served as a noncommissioned officer in the United States Army for 10 years, working as an Arabic linguist and intelligence professional. After her military service, she worked as an intelligence contractor and corporate communications specialist at Fort Gordon for five years. She also co-founded a small business.

This is Katie Allen's first entry into politics. 

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The candidate's website says, "citizen feedback will be valued and critical in the student's success. Policies must be in place to ensure full transparency between educators and their community, especially for the parents and guardians of children enrolled in the district schools."

Said, "Policies must be in place to ensure full transparency between educators and their community, especially for the parents and guardians of children enrolled in the district schools."

- Said, "Policies must be in place to ensure full transparency between educators and their community, especially for the parents and guardians of children enrolled in the district schools."

Access to Education

As of April 23, 2024, Katie Allen’s website did not contain information on this issue.

School Curriculum

The candidate's website says, "A balanced budget applies a fiscally conservative lens to all decisions being made to ensure that expenditures always yield measurable academic advancement... This type of decision making seeks to do more with less..."

Hopes to ensure that "expenditures always yield measurable academic advancement."

- Hopes to ensure that "expenditures always yield measurable academic advancement."

School Facilities & Resources

Katie Allen, Boys, Girls, and Everything in Between?

Supports passing a law that prohibits children from going to bathrooms for the opposite gender.

- Supports passing a law that prohibits children from going to bathrooms for the opposite gender.

Student Wellbeing

Teachers

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Katie Allen

The candidate's website says, "Education should always seek to impart in children the time-honored academic foundation of reading, writing, and arithmetic... High school graduates should be well-rounded and ready for citizenship, the work force, and advanced education..."

The candidate's website says, "A balanced budget is far more than ensuring that expenditures do not exceed revenue... This type of decision making seeks to do more with less, while fiercely resisting increases in taxes."

Katie Allen is a wife and mother who resides in Columbia County since 2016. She completed her Bachelor of Science in International Business Management and is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Law & Policy: Pre-Law from Liberty University. Her educational background also includes an Associate of Arts in Arabic Language Studies and an Associate of Applied Science in Intelligence Operations Studies. Details about the church she attends were not provided.

Katie Allen served as a noncommissioned officer in the United States Army for 10 years, working as an Arabic linguist and intelligence professional with deployment experience to Iraq. After her military service, she worked as an intelligence contractor and corporate communications specialist at Fort Gordon for five years. She also co-founded a small business.

As of May 3, 2024, Katie Allen’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- 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.