Robyn Barnhill
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Robyn Barnhill ran for election to the Jordan School District to represent Voting District 3 in Utah. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Barnhill completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Robyn Barnhill earned an associate degree from Orange Coast College in 2000. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Irvine in 2005.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Jordan School District, Utah, elections (2022)
General election
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Tracy Miller and Robyn Barnhill advanced from the primary for Jordan School District, Voting District 3.
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Robyn Barnhill completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Barnhill's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a pro parent candidate. I have 4 kids in the district and I love their schools and teachers! That is why when I started to notice that harmful policies and practices were being adopted, I jumped in to help! We need to clean up our library materials (no porn, please!) and keep locker rooms and restrooms biological gender divided. I want to protect girls sports (yay title IX!) and support our teachers by not demanding that they attend unnecessary and irrelevant trainings. Lets keep our teachers in the classroom and give them ample time to prep. And while we're at it, how about a pay raise?! I want better financial oversight, especially at the top levels so that we have money to put where it is most needed... directly in classrooms!
- Parents need to have a more effective way of being heard and having their ideas implemented
- Teachers need better support. No more irrelevant and unnecessary trainings. Keep it short, sweet and to the point so they can spend enough time prepping and teaching!
- Better financial oversight, especially at the higher levels. Lets make sure salaries are appropriate and that we are keeping the money with the kids!
Education! I love public education. When we provide proper support and pay for teachers, we give our kids their best chance at success in life. When we provide clear and non biased education to our kids, we give our world the best chance at positive change and a bright future.
I look up to my mom. She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when I was about 16. It finally took her life after a 20 year battle. She was so brave and fought so hard with every breath to keep making a difference in people's lives. Just a few months before her death, I walked into her home and found that she had written on a chalkboard that hung in her enrty way. In a very shaky hand the message she was sharing was, "I can do hard things." And she could! We all watched in awe as she lived with so much pain and so many disabilities and never complained. She fought for good public policy until she was too weak to do it anymore and I hope that she is proud of me as she watches me try to follow in her footsteps!
I'm smart, well eduacated and passionate about public education. I have great leadership skills and I am good at hearing and understanding all sides of a postion and coming to the most profitable outcome.
Love and leadership. When I leave office I hope that I have built bridges and brought trust btween schools and parents.
Berlin wall coming down. I was 9 and I remember my always active and on the go mom beign glued to the TV for hours, and images of Germans pulling it apart piece by piece in the dark.
I was a recreational lifeguard for the cityof Newport Beach for 4 years, from the time I turned 16 until I went away to college. I began my college career at the nearby Orange Coast College and was there intil I was 20.
Be a voice for parents to the district administration and state board of education. Help create and carry out good policies, choose curriculum, and allocate funds. I want to visit the schools and see the prinicipals and teachers in action. I can't wait to be a first person observer of the day to day life at our schools, and to see what is working and what needs fixing and then to get to work! As an elected official, I believe I work for the people who elected me. I want to hear from them and help them be more of a part of the process.
My constituents are people who don't feel heard. Especially parents who want to see things like porn in school libraries be removed from school librairies. My constituents believe in equality. Everyone gets a fair chance, but not equity; where equal outcomes are demanded. They love public education and have probably even been to a few board meetings, and left feeling like they were not really heard. My constituents believe that America is a fundamentally good place. They love freedom and all those who have fought for it and they consider good education to be the foremost conduit to continuing to be able to enjoy the hard fought freedoms we currently have.
I will start by listening. I want to hear what they think are the problems, and what they think is going well. I want to hear what they think I can do to support them. As I am not yet in a position to ascertain these needs I couldn't very well give specifics on this question. But I plan to do a lot of listening, observing and visiting schools and classrooms.
No. I believe that the best person for the job should be chosen regardless of that person's race, religion, gender or ethnicity. If someone is the most qualified candidate, that person should get the job.
Misappropriated funds. First on the list for sure. More of the district's money needs to make it directly into the classrooms. We can start by paying teachers better. And we can continue by getting the needed supplies to the students. And we could definitly use better budget oversight.
Second is class sizes. I see high density housing going up all over the place, but I rarely see a new school. They are overcrowded and this creates so many issues, not the least of which is students feeling lost in the crowd. They don't get the one on one time with their teachers that they deserve and need. Hallways are crowded to the point of causing anxiety in many students and copy room assistants, office workers and principals are all overwhelmed and overworked. Not to mention the actual disaster this can cause in a classroom. We need either less housing or more schools in our fastest growing areas.
Third, we need to ensure that schools are a nutral zone. No advocating for any race, religion, gender, ethnicity or other protected class. The best teachers are the ones who love their students, regardless of the way they look or what they believe. Good teachers are not trying to teach what they believe, or advocating for students to live the lifestyle they've adopted. Good teachers can separate out what is personal and what is professional and stay in the realm of the professional. This does not mean that they are cold or distant, just that they are truly accepting of a student and that student's family. Good teachers know that parents are the primary educators of thier kids and the reach out to parents and caregivers to build bridges of understanding and care rather than trying to take the place of a family.
Every school needs an armed guard. Period. Full stop. This is paramount in importance.
There needs to be a better way for parents to be heard. As it stands now, parents can show up to a board meeting, get three minutes to say what they are finding problematic, and then they sit down. No feedback from the board at all. I believe what we need is another system. Maybe in addition to this one, but maybe and entirely new way. To have the board respond immediately to each parent who stood up to speak would almost certainly turn combative and be too long of a meeting to be effective. But there are other ways. There are committees that could be formed and representative parents that could come to discussion panels or something along those lines. I know that there are solutions out there. Good ones that will help foster more trust and comeraderie between parents and board members.
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