Read the latest from Natalie to see why she’s the clear choice if you want a state board member who will speak for you, not the system
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District 9 delegates must choose between two very different visions for public education
Unlike ever before, our children are facing untold pressures in politicized schools.
Voters must choose which candidate will best represent the values that will protect children from indoctrination and exploitation.
Utahns across the state are counting on voters in Herriman, Bluffdale, Riverton, South Jordan, West Jordan & Midvale to decide the most pivotal state board of education race in Utah.
Which candidates have collected signatures to bypass the delegate vote at convention?
Natalie Cline
Natalie Cline is NOT collecting signatures. She is going through the caucus/convention system, which is the Republican party’s preferred route, as it respects the voice of the people to be heard in our representative form of government. Democrats who switch parties to vote for the Republican party standard-bearer are trying to silence the voices of true Republicans, who uphold the values of faith, family, and freedom.
Her opponent
Cline’s opponent has collected signatures already, meaning that the delegates’ votes at convention are meaningless to her. She has already secured a place on the primary ballot, snubbing the preferred process of the party she has filed to represent.
Who is endorsing the candidates?
Natalie Cline
Cline’s endorsements include renowned conservative figures, including anti-Marxist scholar Dr. James Lindsay, author Alex Newman, talk show host Kate Dalley, documentary filmmaker Julie Behling, Rep. Phil Lyman, St. George City Councilwoman Michelle Tanner, and countless parents and teachers, in Utah and nationwide.
Her opponent
Her opponent is endorsed by Republicans-in-name-only, including Governor Cox and Lt. Gov. Henderson, DEI advocate State Board candidate and far-left Democrat John Arthur, the left-leaning Education First lobbyists, and others, including left-of-center establishment media and union-backed education bureaucrats.
Who will the candidates truly represent?
Natalie Cline
Cline has no other employment or affiliation loyalties outside of representing her constituents. She has
spoken up publicly for hundreds of parents in her district and across Utah whose concerns have been ignored or dismissed at their local schools and districts.
Cline has also provided her Facebook page as a platform for
teachers who needed anonymity to expose practices in schools that are harming children or breaking the law.
Her opponent
Cline’s opponent works for Jordan School district as an
administrator of teaching and learning. Her position makes her responsible to carry out the
district’s policies and practices, making it highly unlikely that she will address constituents’ concerns that could challenge anything that would put her employer in a negative light or create a conflict of interest
with them.
Where do the candidates stand on data collection, tech & AI in schools?
Natalie Cline
Natalie Cline has been a tireless and vocal opponent on
exploitative data collection on students by schools and outside parties. She has pulled contracts from the State Board’s consent agendas consistently to oppose excessive use of tech and data collection on students.
Cline has adamantly fought against the ubiquitous and constant use of Chromebooks and other 1-to-1 devices, as they replace teacher instruction with teacher facilitation of tech platforms that feature curriculum that
can change on the fly, without teacher or parent awareness or approval.
Her opponent
Cline’s opponent works in the
teaching and learning department in of the school district, which is advancing the use of AI tools for “enhanced” student learning district-wide. These AI tools are a poor replacement for student-teacher interaction
and
advance conversations with student that are inappropriate for classroom settings.
Her opponent also believes in “fostering digital literacy” and “personalized learning experiences” both of which promote and are dependent on 1-to-1 digital devices to
drive learning and collect large amounts of social emotional student data.
What have the candidates done to proactively fight against harmful programs and content in schools?
Natalie Cline
Cline has spoken to the Jordan District School Board on behalf of parents concerned about protecting same-sex spaces in schools based on biology. She wrote a model policy that explicitly removed sexually explicit materials from schools according to the bright line provisions of law. She has also exposed the Biden administration’s plans to weaponize Title IX definitions of sex to force affirmation of radical gender ideology in schools nationwide.
Her opponent
There’s no record of any public action taken to oppose district or federal policies or practices involving sexually explicit materials, gender-fluid bathroom policies, or Title IX reinterpretation on the part of Cline’s opponent.
Where do the candidates stand on Social Emotional Learning (SEL)?
Natalie Cline
Cline does not support Social Emotional Learning as it is used by schools and districts. Her website, Higher Ground, has documented the inappropriate embedding and integration of SEL into virtually every aspect of school, including instruction, teacher training, curriculum, assessments, and accountability. Cline believes it is not the proper role of schools to take time away from academics to inform, track, evaluate, measure, and shape children’s personal values, attitudes, and mindsets.
Her opponent
Cline’s opponent supports Social Emotional Learning (SEL), which displaces a focus on foundational academic content and results in schools collecting and tracking absurd amounts of private data from students. Jordan School District contracts with Panorama and uses its SEL tracking and monitoring software to score children on their “social awareness,” “self-management,” sense of belonging,” and other subjective mindsets, attitudes, and value systems.
Utahns deserve a board member whose first loyalty is to the students and families the system is supposed to serve, rather than to the system itself
Cline’s tireless work to restore normalcy and sound academics in our schools gives the delegates and voters a VERY clear choice
I am not afraid to challenge any system that fails to fight for children, families, and freedom in education.
Fighting for Children, Families, & for Freedom in Education,
Natalie Cline
