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Josh Young for KCK USD 500 School Board

Josh Young

Josh Young for KCK USD 500 School Board
Congressman Derek Schmidt and Josh Young

KCK USD 500 School Board

Qualifications

Josh Young believes it is extremely important for all students, and all citizens of USD 500, to be represented and reflected on the School Board.

Education

  • 5th Generation Wyandotte Countian
  • Product of USD 500 Schools
    • Attended Lindbergh Elementary School
    • Attended Coronado Middle School
    • Graduated from Washington High School
  • Bachelor of Social Work
  • Master of Social Work
  • Doctor of Education (In Progress)

Professional Experience

  • 14-year United States Air Force Veteran (1998 – 2012)
    • 5 deployments to the Middle East
  • Licensed Master Social Worker

Civic Involvement

  • American Legion, Member
  • Ancient Free & Accepted Masons (AF&AM), Wyandotte Lodge #3
  • Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Life Member
  • Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), Life Member
    • Kansas Department- Civil War Memorials Officer
    • Kansas Department-Historian
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Life Member
  • Wyandotte County Historical Society, Member-Board of Directors

Heritage

Francisco & Eligia Sanchez

Great-Grandparents Immigrated from Mexico in 1919. Great-Grandpa Sanchez worked for the Santa Fe Railroad, which brought the family to the Argentine District of KCK in the late 1920s.

Carmel “Carmen” Sanchez-Young

(holding toddler, far right)

Grandma Carmel “Carmen” Sanchez-Young, and siblings, attended the Clara Barton School that was located in Argentine, KCK. She met my Anglo Grandpa Chancy Young, whose family lived across the street from the Sanchez family.

Sanchez-Young Family

(Chancy & Carmel “Carmen” Sanchez-Young Family)

John Young

Dad graduated Rosedale High School ‘68

Josh Young

I graduated Washington High School ‘96

John & Josh Young

(Dad and Me, 2009)

KCK USD 500 School Board Issues

Kansas City Kansas Unified School District 500 Should be in Compliance with Executive Orders and Federal Directives/Policies

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

Students should not be forced to share their sex-separated bathrooms, locker rooms, and/or other intimate spaces with individuals on the basis of their self-proclaimed "gender identity."

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

School district employees Should notify parents about students request to use different pronouns, or a different name in school, and Should Not share that information without the consent of the students’ parents.

No Societal Experiments

  • No DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion)
  • No CRT (Critical Race Theory)
  • No Pronouns
  • No SEL (No Social, Emotional, Learning)
  • No Forced Second Languages
  • Only books that are age appropriate should be allowed in our public schools
  • No pornography
  • No books with explicit sexual content
  • No literature promoting gender identity
  • Sex education should focus on the biological differences between men and women and the science of human reproduction only

Parental Rights

  • Yes to Parental Bill of Rights
  • Yes to Transparency
  • Yes to Full Disclosure of Classroom Curriculum
  • Yes to Parents Having Access to District-issued Electronic Programs/Devices used by Students for Educational Purposes

Safety and Security of Students and Staff

Ensuring the School District Police Department has the best equipment, the best training, and the best resources available.

Patriotic Observation

  • Ensuring each School Board meeting begins with the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance
  • Ensuring each classroom displays a U.S. Flag

Vote For Josh Young For The KCK USD 500 School Board Member Position

YOUNG is for YOU!

I would appreciate your vote on Tuesday, November 4th for KCK USD 500 School Board Member. - Josh Young

Contact Josh Young

Endorsements

Amy Cawvey

Lansing USD 469 School Board

USD 500 voters, take note of this candidate for your local school board. Josh Young values parental rights, the Constitution, fiscal responsibility and increasing student achievement.

I am honored to give my endorsement for his election to USD 500

Amy Cawvey
USD 469 Board Member

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