GOLD NUGGET REPUBLICAN WOMEN met Wednesday, August 16th at Calpine Community Hall with a potluck luncheon. Two new members were Lila Heuer and Kacie Salas.
Featured speaker was Kelly Champion, introduced by Stacey Estrada. Kelly is school board president, works part time for Sierra County Children and Families Commission and is the District Clerk for Sierra County Fire Protection District #1.
She is originally from Truckee and moved to Loyalton in 2001. She and husband, Jason have two sons.
Kelly thanked the members for valued friendships in the club. She talked about her service and why she is on the school board.
She had planned to help in her son’s classroom but his first year was affected by COVID and she wasn’t allowed to help. Kids wore masks and there were barriers at the little tables. She said her son was scared, he didn’t like the mask and couldn’t breathe and his ears hurt. The school board was constantly renewing emergency orders, despite a big meeting of parents. She felt the board wouldn’t listen and wasn’t responsive. She felt it should be the parents’ choice on what kids did healthwise and that she couldn’t be complaining if not willing to step in when a vacancy occurred. She stated people hold boards responsible and they need to be involved. Kelly talked on curriculum and an ethnic studies 2025 graduation requirement.
She called it a wonderful school board and told how they’ve hired a new district superintendent, Sean Snider from Amador County who will start September 1st. She called him a “great fit,” and is really excited about the hire.
She advised parents to be “highly aware” of what’s going on and to be in the classroom. She would like to see an increased level of morality with an expanded mind and open heart. Kelly is clearly up for the challenge and reported her sons now love school and their teachers.
From the audience, Marlene Boggs questioned if there was local jurisdiction over the State; can local boards override the State? Kelly stated it’s law; “We are supposed to follow it,” she said. Sierra County Supervisor Sharon Dryden, who served on the school board twenty years, chimed in, “They (State) hold the purse strings.”
Featured speaker was Kelly Champion, introduced by Stacey Estrada. Kelly is school board president, works part time for Sierra County Children and Families Commission and is the District Clerk for Sierra County Fire Protection District #1.
She is originally from Truckee and moved to Loyalton in 2001. She and husband, Jason have two sons.
Kelly thanked the members for valued friendships in the club. She talked about her service and why she is on the school board.
She had planned to help in her son’s classroom but his first year was affected by COVID and she wasn’t allowed to help. Kids wore masks and there were barriers at the little tables. She said her son was scared, he didn’t like the mask and couldn’t breathe and his ears hurt. The school board was constantly renewing emergency orders, despite a big meeting of parents. She felt the board wouldn’t listen and wasn’t responsive. She felt it should be the parents’ choice on what kids did healthwise and that she couldn’t be complaining if not willing to step in when a vacancy occurred. She stated people hold boards responsible and they need to be involved. Kelly talked on curriculum and an ethnic studies 2025 graduation requirement.
She called it a wonderful school board and told how they’ve hired a new district superintendent, Sean Snider from Amador County who will start September 1st. She called him a “great fit,” and is really excited about the hire.
She advised parents to be “highly aware” of what’s going on and to be in the classroom. She would like to see an increased level of morality with an expanded mind and open heart. Kelly is clearly up for the challenge and reported her sons now love school and their teachers.
From the audience, Marlene Boggs questioned if there was local jurisdiction over the State; can local boards override the State? Kelly stated it’s law; “We are supposed to follow it,” she said. Sierra County Supervisor Sharon Dryden, who served on the school board twenty years, chimed in, “They (State) hold the purse strings.”
