Campaign email: electjb1@gmail.com
Website: https://juliebrownforeducation.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080606378736
Age: 57
Employment: I am retired after 28 yrs in the federal government
Education: High School. Received my diploma from Thomas Stone High School
Why are you running for the school board?
To get our public schools back to the basics of having a strong academic curriculum that challenges our youth. We are still severely behind and some real changes need to be made.
What makes you a good candidate for the board?
I have the time to dedicate to the board. I am always trying to talk and listen to the students as they are who I’m fighting for. They deserve a strong academic education so they have a better opportunity for a successful future. I’m also an advocate for parental rights. I LISTEN and I’m not afraid to speak out on serious issues and will fight for the education these kids are entitled to.
Please name a public leader you admire and explain why.
Right now I admire Glenn Youngkin in Virginia for standing strong to improve his state’s school system in spite of some of the backlash he gets from some other politicians. He’s staying true to what he said he would do. I admire anyone who doesn’t play the political game to get votes and continues to follow through on their word. I think character is very important. (Maryland Gov. Larry) Hogan proved he didn’t have much of that.
What is the most important issue facing your school board, and what would you do about it if elected?
I believe the system as a whole is failing our youth. I’m watching kids graduate high school that can barely read. It is unacceptable. I’m seeing parents pulling their kids out of the public system to either home school them or send them to private schools. Politics DO NOT belong in schools. We are lowering the required GPA to 2.25 when that’s the worst thing we can do now. Again, get a strong ACADEMIC base back and begin to challenge these kids. EDUCATE THEM. They deserve better and that’s what I’ll fight to give them.
How concerned are you about school safety, and what if anything should be done to improve it?
Very concerned. I have spoken with MANY kids and they are afraid within their own schools. Kids are bringing in weapons and nothing is done. It is impossible to learn if a kid is constantly in fight or flight mode. We have allowed it to get this far so I would be in favor of metal detectors to help ensure safety. The lack of holding kids responsible for their actions is a huge part of the problem.
Do you have any concerns about the way history is taught in your district’s schools, and if so, what are they?
Teach ACCURATE history. Tell them the whole truth. Show them the progress that has been made and stop promoting victimhood. Let us learn from the past and move forward. Kids are STILL being taught how different they are and defined by their skin color. It’s not natural and it needs to stop. But I think the constant attempts to divide them is not by accident.
Do you think there are circumstances when books should be removed from school libraries, and if so, what kind of books should be removed?
Any books that can be deemed as pornographic should have never been put in schools.. Kids aren’t allowed to bring in Bibles yet books pornographic in nature are ok? (A spokesperson for the Charles County Public Schools said the district has no such policy barring students from bringing Bibles to school.) As I have said, they should not be in schools to begin with, especially in the library, accessible to any age student. GET POLITICS OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS!
