Leah Crowley (R) - Board of Education District 2
Q:How important is it for the Board of Education to ensure children and families have access to healthy and affordable food? (1-5 scale)
A: 5
Q: How will you help combat rising food insecurity in Forsyth County and provide access to healthy, sustainable foods? (open-ended question)
A: I would like to see higher quality food offered at multiple times of the day for all children who need it.
Q: How important is it for WS/FCS to integrate local environmental issues like climate change into school curriculum? (1-5 scale)
A: 3
Q: As a Board of Education member, how will you ensure we are teaching about vital environmental issues like climate change? (open-ended question)
A: Teaching science and teaching facts are the best ways to approach environmental issues.
Q: How important is it for the Board of Education to ensure educational and administrative buildings are energy efficient? (1-5 scale)
A: 5
Q: As a Board of Education member, how will you promote renewable energy and energy efficiency within WS/FC schools? (open-ended question)
A: I have supported several ideas, such as taking advantage of our Career Center environmental programs for producing fuel, using solar energy, and composting. There is so much potential in this area for education, cost savings, and environmental benefits.
Q: How important is it for the Board of Education to ensure equitable and sustainable school transportation? (1-5 scale)
A: 4
Q: When elected, will you support allocating funds to update school buses to electric models? (yes/no)
A: [not answered]
Q: The City of Winston-Salem is currently working on a NCDOT-funded Safe Routes to School project to increase the number of students who bicycle or walk to, from, or at school. Do you support the Safe Routes to School project? (yes/no)
A: Yes
Q: How important is it for the Board of Education to support environmental justice curricula and actively address environmental racism in schools? (1-5 scale)
A: 3
Q: As a Board of Education member, how will you promote environmental justice within the WS/FC school system? (open-ended question)
A: I would need to know more to have an opinion on this topic.
Q: How important is it that the Board of Education implement more recycling and composting opportunities in school buildings? (1-5 scale)
A: 5
Q: As a Board of Education member, what will you do to increase school wide recycling and composting? (open-ended question)
A: I supported composting at Speas and wanted to see this program grow district-wide, but the pandemic prevented that plan. I have always supported recycling and will continue to do so.