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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Lee received a master's degree in leadership from Shorter University. She is also a graduate of Leadership Columbia County and was a Chair for the Harlem Housing Authority and East GA Housing Partnership.

Lee is an HR Manager at MAU Workforce Solutions. She also has experience as an event planner and merchandise supervisor.

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Lee Ann Meyer is currently a Member of the Board of Education in Columbia County School Board representing District 4. She was elected in 2016 and has served two terms.

Said, "It is vitally important to have long-term relationships with other board members and officials from other areas of our government leadership."

- Said, "It is vitally important to have long-term relationships with other board members and officials from other areas of our government leadership."

Wants to increase career, agriculture, technology, and engineering programs.

Wants to increase exposure to the arts in education.

- Wants to increase career, agriculture, technology, and engineering programs.
- Wants to increase exposure to the arts in education.

Voted to create the Columbia County School District Foundation and serves as the first school board representative to the foundation.

Lists student instructional and fiscal growth as a key priority.

- Voted to create the Columbia County School District Foundation and serves as the first school board representative to the foundation.
- Lists student instructional and fiscal growth as a key priority.
- Wants to refurbish older schools.

In regards to autistic students, she said, "I celebrate them and strive to understand the world they live in and not make them conform to ours."

- In regards to autistic students, she said, "I celebrate them and strive to understand the world they live in and not make them conform to ours."

Said, "I love that our teachers work hard to give our students awesome ways to share their talents."

- Said, "I love that our teachers work hard to give our students awesome ways to share their talents."

Lee Ann Meyer

- 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.