NameMichael Rivera
What office are you running for?Loudoun County School Board, At-Large
County, District/TownshipLoudoun County
Address25 Catoctin Circle SE #3168
Leesburg, Virginia 20175
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Phone(202) 440-2677
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Are you currently the officeholder and seeking re-election?no
Is this your first time running for office?No
Election Date11/07/2023
Websiteriveraforschools.com
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@rivera4schools, FB: Rivera for Loudoun Schools

KEY ISSUES
1. Provide the top 2 reasons why you want to run for school board?

Distrust of school boards and administration, erosion of parents rights, teaching of politics and ideologies in k-12

2. Name the top 2 issues with your current school board or district and how you will address each issue.

Pornographic materials in schools - I will work with parents to create panels for review of books to make sure they are properly screened BEFORE they are circulated.
Parents Rights - Parents are the sole persons responsible for their children and the process of raising children is not to be co-parented with the state. Policies created by the school board must be changed to be parent centric and not allow school districts to keep secrets from parents.

3. Do you support school choice? Why or why not?

I support school choice as long as there are no strings attached to the money and there are ways to make sure that children are getting educated to prevent fraud or misuse of funds given to households for education.

4. Who do you think is the ultimate authority in a child’s education and wellbeing?

Parents/guardians

5. Do you agree with the statement “America is inherently racist”? Why or why not?

Absolutely not! Just look around at all the successful non whites in America including a two term black president. Racism is being used as a tool to divide America and being taught to children through equity and is a disservice to all Americans.

6. What are your thoughts on “Comprehensive Sex Education”, “Diversity Equity and Inclusion”, and “Social Emotional Learning”? Should these be a part of our public education curriculum or supplemental learning materials or left to parents to teach and why?

They should not. All those materials are trying to usurp parents rights to raise their children according to their personal moral and religious beliefs. Sex education should be on the biology of the human body and NOT gender ideology or sexual curiosity. Education should be limited to academic instruction and should not include emotional manipulation or the teaching of ideologies and sexual preferences that can be in conflict with family moral and religious rights and freedoms.

7. With declining academic achievement in reading, writing, math, and science in schools across the nation, how would you address these issues if elected?

Defund DEI, gender ideology. Focus on parents rights and curriculum transparency. School boards have too much power today and that needs to be reigned in to protect parents, their children, and the nuclear family unit. The US was born of one room school houses and education has been corrupted by an over reliance on technology, screen time, and distance learning. We need to refocus on physical books and academic instruction to promote critical thinking not emotional manipulation.

8. Safety is a major concern for most families, how would you support and encourage safety measures for girls in their private spaces, if elected?

Bathrooms should be separated by sex (male or female) . Separation by sex is in the Virginia Constitution and is not considered discrimination. If a student is uncomfortable using the bathroom of their sex they can be accommodated with a single use bathroom that is available to both males and females.

9. Do you believe Title IX is in jeopardy in our public education system today?

Yes. If Title IX is rewritten to include gender preferences women's rights and access to personal spaces will be destroyed. Title IX should NOT be changed to include gender that would allow men to access women's spaces. We need to protect women's rights.

10. Do you have any other endorsements? If so, please list them.

I am endorsed by the Loudoun County Republican Committee.