Canny, Ethan

Meet the Candidate

Running For:

School Board

District:

Agua Fria Union High School District

Age:

Occupation:

Senior Tax Accountant

Education:

B.S. in Accounting

Biographical Info:

I was born and raised in Peoria, Arizona, and earned my Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Grand Canyon University before beginning my career in healthcare private equity, where an internship turned into a full-time offer and gave me an early, close-up view of how discipline and sound financial management shape real businesses. I later moved into public accounting, working my way up to Senior Tax Accountant, and today I’m working toward my CPA license while building an acquisition practice focused on Arizona companies – one centered on preserving the legacy sellers have spent their careers building. I’m active in the Arizona Libertarian Party and the Arizona Fund Managers Association, and that same combination of financial rigor and hands-on business experience is what I want to bring to the Agua Fria Union High School District Governing Board: a commitment to real fiscal accountability and to putting parents back in the driver’s seat of their children’s education.

Statement:

I’m running for the Agua Fria Union High School District Governing Board because parents should have the final say in how their children are educated. I believe in expanding parental choice – giving families a real voice in curriculum, spending, and school policy – rather than a one-size-fits-all approach dictated from the top down. My professional background in public accounting, tax, and private equity has given me a rigorous, analytical approach to financial stewardship, and I intend to bring that same discipline to the district’s budget: demanding transparency, cutting waste, and ensuring every dollar is spent in the classroom, not on administrative bloat. Arizona families deserve a school board that respects their autonomy and treats taxpayer dollars with the same accountability I bring to my clients’ businesses every day.

Survey

Response Legend

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OOpposes
*Comment
−Declined to respond
†Declined to respond, Position based on citation

Question	Response	Comments/Notes
1. Requiring district and charter school officials, including teachers, to inform parents about their child’s social, mental, emotional, or physical health.	S
2. Allowing parents to opt their children out of activities or lessons that offend their personal, moral, or religious beliefs.	S
3. Increasing state and local taxes to provide more funding for schools and school facility projects.	O
4. Requiring signed permission from a parent before a student may participate in any sexuality related instruction, activities, or clubs.	S
5. Allowing all parents to use tax credits and publicly funded empowerment scholarship accounts to enable their children to attend any private, homeschool, or online academy of their choice.	S
6. Making available books and instructional materials that include sexually explicit images and themes in school classrooms and libraries.	S
7. Acquiring parental consent for school faculty and staff to refer to students by pronouns that do not align with the student’s birth sex.	S
8. Allocating teacher pay raises based upon merit rather than providing uniform salary schedule increases based upon years of teaching or additional credentialing (e.g. master’s degrees).	S
9. Implementing policies to allow students and faculty to use the restroom, locker room, and shower room based on self-identification rather than biological sex.	O*	Bathrooms are built on biological function (e.g., men's room with urinals)
10. Teaching what is known as diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI); social, emotional learning (SEL); or critical race theory (CRT) in public schools.	O
11. Requiring each district and charter school to post online a list of all curriculum and instructional materials being used in the classroom.	S