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Evelyn Brooks

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Evelyn Brooks
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Texas State Board of Education District 14
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Personal
Profession
Educator
Contact

Evelyn Brooks (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas State Board of Education, representing District 14. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Brooks (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas State Board of Education to represent District 14. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Evelyn Brooks' career experience includes working as a youth development facilitator and an elementary educator. Brooks founded a Frisco homeschool program.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Texas State Board of Education election, 2022

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 14

Evelyn Brooks defeated Tracy Fisher in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 14 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Evelyn Brooks
Evelyn Brooks (R)
 
64.7
 
399,567
Image of Tracy Fisher
Tracy Fisher (D) Candidate Connection
 
35.3
 
217,669

Total votes: 617,236
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 14

Tracy Fisher advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 14 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tracy Fisher
Tracy Fisher Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
40,860

Total votes: 40,860
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 14

Evelyn Brooks defeated incumbent Sue Melton-Malone in the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 14 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Evelyn Brooks
Evelyn Brooks
 
57.2
 
77,805
Image of Sue Melton-Malone
Sue Melton-Malone
 
42.8
 
58,161

Total votes: 135,966
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Campaign finance

2021

See also: Frisco Independent School District, Texas, elections (2021)

General election

General election for Frisco Independent School District, Place 7

Incumbent René Archambault defeated Evelyn Brooks in the general election for Frisco Independent School District, Place 7 on May 1, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
René Archambault (Nonpartisan)
 
58.0
 
7,301
Image of Evelyn Brooks
Evelyn Brooks (Nonpartisan)
 
42.0
 
5,283

Total votes: 12,584
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Campaign themes

2022

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Campaign website

Brooks' campaign website stated the following:

How can parents have the ultimate authority in their child’s education?

Parents need to know their Parental Rights and Responsibilities written in the Texas Education Code, Chapter 26. I believe there must be a partnership between parents, teachers, schools and trustees in order to educate our children. This happens when parents are encouraged to actively participate in creating and implementing educational programs for their children.

Parents' Bill of Rights for Texas Public Schools

Texas Education Code - Ch. 26 Parental Rights and Responsibilities

Why do you support school choice? Doesn’t it take away money from our public schools?

Public charter schools receive no local revenue. 100% of charter school funding comes from state sources. I believe that parents should be able to freely pursue whatever educational options they deem best for their child. High-performing public charter schools can help close the learning gap that so many Black, Hispanic, ESL and economically disadvantaged students suffer from. Educational options benefit the learning needs of ALL students.

Texas Public Charter Schools Assoc.

What is the harm of students being taught Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE)?

CSE is designed to prepare children for sex and risky sexual behaviors, not to decrease STD’s and teen pregnancy. It’s a license to explore all aspects of erotica and sexuality. There is a reason why parents teach their children about sex indirectly and with modesty; to protect and safekeep their innocence. Once a child’s innocence is taken away, it is nearly impossible to be found again. I believe that knowledge of sex and sexuality is not an Essential Knowledge and Skill that will contribute to the success of a child’s life. It is my hope that one day it will be against the law to teach CSE anywhere in the United States. It purposely oversexualizes our children as young as kindergarten. I will do all that I can do to protect and defend the innocence, mind and health of all children from harmful instructional materials, library books, and curriculum. CSE oversteps parental rights.

www.voicesempower.com

Audrey Werner - Texas Family Legislative Briefing - Jan 16, 2019

What is the harm of students being taught Social Emotional Learning (SEL)?

At the heart of SEL are common questions: What is the role of education? How should schools define success? What does good character look like? Who should be allowed to define it? This is a completely new vision for education where the focus is to shift a child’s values in order to transform the culture, our American culture. The goal of SEL is to transform children’s core values, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors through mind control techniques, propaganda, role-playing, self-criticism, finger pointing, isolation, repetitive phrases & music, and Us vs. Them. These SEL lessons are interwoven throughout every subject content taught in school, and includes Critical Race Theory and Comprehensive Sex Ed.

The former public education system taught children the knowledge and skills necessary to read, write, compute, problem-solve, think critically, and communicate across all subject areas, in preparing students to continue to learn in postsecondary educational, training, or employment settings. Modern day public education educates the “Whole Child”- mind, body, and soul; the job of parents and guardians. Further, schools that teach SEL’s are required to collect data on children without parental consent through surveys and evaluations. Essentially, surveys and evaluations have taken over knowledge-based content and skills. I encourage you to research this further and teach others.

Social Emotional Learning 101

Creating a New Vision for Public Education in Texas

https://casel.org/

Did Texas ban Common Core?

Common Core is still alive in our Texas public schools under the name, Texas College and Career Readiness Standards. Common Core is a theory that is licensed as a product, but marketed as a standard. Standards can be tested using scientific research data that are cognitively, developmentally, and appropriate for children. Each year in school is a stepping stone that builds a concrete base for student learning. Curriculum is developed from standards. Common Core on the other hand is a theory that cannot be tested using scientific research. It took approximately six months to develop Common Core before it was sent out to public schools nationwide and marketed as “standards”. Common Core marked the beginning of the nationalization of our education system. These new standards in education have reduced critical thinking ability, is nonchallenging, removed phonics, and has set our children back significantly. Common Core began with English and Math standards, and have now taken over our history standards. Research to learn more about this.

Common Core in Texas[2]

—Evelyn Brooks' campaign website (2022)[3]

2021

Evelyn Brooks did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Sue Melton-Malone (R)
Texas State Board of Education District 14
2023-Present
Succeeded by
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