Ballotpedia: Rachel Stone

As of June 7, 2024, Rachel Stone’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Access to Education

Pledges to prioritize college and career readiness through tailored training and development programs.

- Pledges to prioritize college and career readiness through tailored training and development programs.

School Curriculum

Supports access to licensed professional counselors, social workers, and school counselors for students and teachers.

Promises to lobby for funding to support equitable resource allocation, particularly for migrant and homeless students, district-wide transportation, and staffing needs.

Supports an equity audit to garner data that will help with proper budget allocation.

- Supports access to licensed professional counselors, social workers, and school counselors for students and teachers.
- Promises to lobby for funding to support equitable resource allocation, particularly for migrant and homeless students, district-wide transportation, and staffing needs.
- Supports an equity audit to garner data that will help with proper budget allocation.

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Student Wellbeing

Supports competitive salaries, robust benefits, and professional development opportunities for teachers.

Advocates for proactive outreach efforts as well as strengthening partnerships with colleges to diversify our workforce.

Supports conducting exit interviews and implementing changes based on feedback to address reasons for turnover.

- Supports competitive salaries, robust benefits, and professional development opportunities for teachers.
- Advocates for proactive outreach efforts as well as strengthening partnerships with colleges to diversify our workforce.
- Supports conducting exit interviews and implementing changes based on feedback to address reasons for turnover.

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Gwinnet County Public Schools: Karen Mulzac Watkins

Ballotpedia: Karen Watkins

As of June 7, 2024, Karen Mulzac Watkins’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Opposes third party equity audits due to the costs, instead advocating for internal assessments.

- Opposes third party equity audits due to the costs, instead advocating for internal assessments.

Aims to invest in teacher and staff recruitment, retention, and professional development.

Aims to increase support for multi-lingual and substitute teachers in schools with the greatest need.

- Aims to invest in teacher and staff recruitment, retention, and professional development.
- Aims to increase support for multi-lingual and substitute teachers in schools with the greatest need.

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Karen Mulzac Watkins

- 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.