Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 12:22:59 -0600 (CST)
From: Kevyn Jacobs <kevyn@ksu.edu>
Subject: Manhattan School Board Questionnaire


Friends:

What follows is the questionnaire that the Flint Hills Mainstream
Coalition sent out to the candidates running for USD 383 School Board.

We hope to have the results of this survey available at the
school board candidates' forum THIS SUNDAY, February 19, at 1:30
pm. at the Ecumenical Campus Ministries Building, 1021 Denison
Ave in Manhattan.

I sincerely hope you can make it to this forum.

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Flint Hills Mainstream Coalition

February 8, 1995


Dear USD #383 Candidate:

The Flint Hills Mainstream Coalition invites you to a USD #383
Candidate Forum on February 19 at 1:30 p.m. at the Ecumenical
Campus  Ministry,  1021  Denison.   The  Flint Hills  Mainstream
Coalition draws its membership from all political parties,
K-State, representatives of local business, various religious
groups, and parents of USD #383 students.

We ask you to fill out the enclosed questionnaire in advance so
you can respond to the questions at the forum.  Please return the
questionnaire no later than 5:00 p.m., Thursday, February 16. You
will find a self-addressed, stamped envelope enclosed for your
convenience.

If you are unable to attend, we encourage you to send a
representative to participate in the forum.

We realize some of these are complex issues, but with the number
of candidates we must limit responses at the forum to a minute
and a half per question.  We want to have some time at the end of
the forum for questions from the audience.

We hope you will see this forum as an opportunity to share your
views on issues important to our schools.

                                        Sincerely,


                                        Forum Committee Chair

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   FLINT HILLS MAINSTREAM COALITION

   USD #383 CANDIDATE FORUM QUESTIONNAIRE


Dear USD 383 Candidate:

We appreciate you taking the time to respond to a number of issues
which pertain to USD #383.  We ask that you check either "yes" or "no"
for each inquiry, and we have left room for further clarification or
comment on each set of queries.  Please limit your comments to 50
words.  You will have an opportunity to expand on your answers at the
forum.

It is our intent to share your views on these issues with those
interested in education, as well as through the local media.  In order
for the information to be timely, we request that you have the
questionnaire returned to us by 5:00 p.m., Thursday, February 16.
Thank you.


QUESTIONS:

1. Do you support age-appropriate sex education which includes:

   a. discussion of contraception?                     Yes    No
   b. discussion of abortion?                          Yes    No
   c. discussion of AIDS?                              Yes    No
   d. discussion of abstinence as the best protection
      against disease and pregnancy?                   Yes    No
   e. promotion of abstinence as the only
      acceptable protection against disease and
      pregnancy before marriage?                       Yes    No

  Comments:



2. Do you support teaching in science classes of:

   a. the Biblical account of creation or creationism? Yes    No
   b. the scientific theory of evolution?              Yes    No
   c. both?                                            Yes    No

Comments:



3. Do you support during classes or at school events:

   a. school-sponsored prayer?                         Yes    No
   b. student-led prayer?                              Yes    No
   c. compulsory silent period?                        Yes    No
   d. no prayer or compulsory silent period?           Yes    No

Comments:



4. Do you support the discussion of TOLERANCE for lifestyles, such as:

   a. single parent households?                        Yes    No
   b. interracial households?                          Yes    No
   c. homosexual households?                           Yes    No
   d. unmarried heterosexual households?               Yes    No

Comments:


5. Do you think the Quality Program Accreditation (QPA) model for
school improvement:

   a. should be modified?                              Yes    No
   b. should be continued in its present form?         Yes    No
   c. should be discarded?                             Yes    No

Comments:



6. Do you support a school voucher system which would permit students
to attend:

   a. private schools with public monies?              Yes    No
   b. any public school of their choice?               Yes    No
   c. no voucher system?                               Yes    No

Comments:



 There are many issues that rest with our locally-elected school board
members to decide.  Are there specific issue(s) you believe need
priority attention?  If so, please list and/or explain in 100 words or
less.





Again, thank you for your time in completing this questionnaire.