Hunsaker, David

Meet the Candidate

Running For:
School Board
District:
Mayer Unified School District
Age:
68
Occupation:
Retired
Education:
High School and several college courses
Family:
married 47 years and raising 5 grandkids
Religion:
Pentecostal
Biographical Info:

Graduated Prescott High School in 1976, worked 35 years in the Aerospace Industry’ moved to Mayer in 2017 and currently raising 5 Grandkids.

Statement:

I want to do all i can to make this School District better for the Students

Survey

Response Legend

  • SSupports
  • 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* Parents need to know anything that affects their kids
2. Allowing parents to opt their children out of activities or lessons that offend their personal, moral, or religious beliefs. S* Parents are the ones that raise their children not the school, the school's job is to educate the children.
3. Increasing state and local taxes to provide more funding for schools and school facility projects. S* I hate Taxes, but anything we can do to make the school a better place for the children to be able to function the rest of their including team sports, chess club, FFA, wood shop, welding, auto mechanics, and so on.
4. Requiring signed permission from a parent before a student may participate in any sexuality related instruction, activities, or clubs. S* The parents should teach their children about sex, the school needs to teach reading, writing, arithmetic, what they need to be successful in life.
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* it is the parents' choice; we need to make sure public school is the better choice
6. Making available books and instructional materials that include sexually explicit images and themes in school classrooms and libraries. O* this is not the job of the school.
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. O* I believe in Biology, there are Boys and Girls to confuse kids with any other add On's is not the job of the Education Department.
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* if the students do poorly in the classroom the teacher is not doing their job and their pay should reflect that.
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* there are only 2 sexes and boys do not need to go into the girl's restroom and visa versa
10. Teaching what is known as diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI); social, emotional learning (SEL); or critical race theory (CRT) in public schools. O* DEI Policies will destroy this country.
11. Requiring each district and charter school to post online a list of all curriculum and instructional materials being used in the classroom. S* they need to be completely transparent about everything.