Monty Normand (Alexandria Public Schools, Position 7, Minnesota, candidate 2024)

Monty Normand

Nonpartisan

Candidate, Alexandria Public Schools, Position 7

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Personal

Birthplace

Grafton, N.D.

Religion

Catholic

Profession

Management

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Monty Normand ran for election to the Alexandria Public Schools, Position 7 in Minnesota. He was on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.^[source]

Normand completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Monty Normand provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on September 30, 2024:

• Birth date: May 12, 1969
• Birth place: Grafton, North Dakota
• High school: Jefferson Sr. High
• Gender: Male
• Religion: Catholic
• Profession: Management
• Incumbent officeholder: No
• Campaign slogan: The Peoples Voice
• Campaign website
• Campaign endorsements
• Campaign Facebook

Elections

General election

General election for Alexandria Public Schools, Position 7

Angie Krebs and Monty Normand ran in the general election for Alexandria Public Schools, Position 7 on November 5, 2024.

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		Monty Normand (Nonpartisan)

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Monty Normand completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Normand's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My Name is Monty Normand, and I am a candidate for Alexandria District 206 School Board. I am motivated to run by my daughter who is a student at Discovery Middle School. I am currently an active member of both the Discovery Middle School Parent Principal Connect and District 206 Superintendent Advisory Councils. I graduated in 1988 from Jefferson Sr High School and have been a long-time resident of Alexandria. As a member of the Alexandria School Board, I will work to restore the academic excellence that our schools were accustomed to. Building on the great work already being done in the district. I will be a common sense voice for parents, teachers, and students alike. Safety, transparency, and accountability must remain key factors for our schools.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Transparency

  Conducting the business of our school district with transparency establishes trust. Transparency means more than not actively hiding information. Being transparent includes ease of access to information and

  in some instances, communicate information even if it is not required by statute. While researching our district, I found many occurrences of missing or incomplete information stated on the districts website. These omissions could be accidental, or maybe state laws no longer require they be provided. The missing data makes it difficult to understand budget trends and other important historic dates.
• Academic Performance The performance backslide of our school district is shocking and concerning. This decline in performance opens the flood gate for questions. Simple questions such as: Why has this been allowed to happen? Did the 2013 implementation of either the Academy model or the A/B class schedule at the high school have a role in this decline? Does SEL have an influence in this decline? No matter what the answers are, I will push to develop an improvement plan and implementation.
• Social, Emotional, Learning (SEL) Social emotional learning is a controversial topic that seems to be in the headlines all the time. When I’ve asked several of my daughter’s teachers about this topic, they all have politely addressed the question in non-descript ways. Her report cards have categories for: Be Ready; Be Respectful; and Be Responsible. Although these categories have a note stating, “not for grading” each one comes with a grade next to it. I can only assume this is part of the SEL program/process. I am concerned SEL is a contributing factor to our district's 56 place drop in the state rankings over the past 19 years.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Transparancy and Book banning. Book banning means different things to different people. Personally, I feel the banning of a book is destroying it or removing access to it by legal actions. I am 100% pro free speech and against book banning. What I do support is book selection. This mean that every book made available within our public school system shall support or add value to the curriculum. Schools have no business providing literature that contains explicit sexual activities, including rape, prostitution, and explicit violence. It shall be a personal family decision if you want your children to have those of materials. Seek them for yourself, it is not the responsibility of our public school system to provide them.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

30 years’ experience in the manufacturing sector as a Quality Manager, I’ve been able to develop a Open-Minded, Evidence Based approach that helps me make objective decisions.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To use Open-Minded, Evidence Based approaches that helps me make objective decisions.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Minnesota Parents Alliance

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