Sarah Absher (R) - Board of Education At Large
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 reject the premise that food insecurity is increasing.
Q: How important is it for WS/FCS to integrate local environmental issues like climate change into school curriculum? (1-5 scale)
A: 2
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: Let's teach math and reading. Kids need to know how to read to succeed in life. Worrying about a carbon footprint is a luxury of people who are wealthy.
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: As a board member I need ensure we are economically efficient in all areas including energy. I am the keeper of the taxpayers purse when it comes to schools. Spending money prudently is my concern.
Q: How important is it for the Board of Education to ensure equitable and sustainable school transportation? (1-5 scale)
A: 3
Q: When elected, will you support allocating funds to update school buses to electric models? (yes/no)
A: No
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: 1
Q: As a Board of Education member, how will you promote environmental justice within the WS/FC school system? (open-ended question)
A: Environmental justice is a pastime of the wealthy. My job is to make sure kids are getting a good education. Quite frankly I find all these questions silly. If you want to make something equitable, care about kids with actual problems. Kids that care about climate change come from upper middle class families.
Q: How important is it that the Board of Education implement more recycling and composting opportunities in school buildings? (1-5 scale)
A: 3
Q: As a Board of Education member, what will you do to increase school wide recycling and composting? (open-ended question)
A: If we are presented with a proposal that makes sense economically and promotes sustainable practices I will absolutely vote yes. If it's going to cost money and the results will be questionable I will vote no.