Bob Simonds counsels school board candidates to "learn secular language in elections that is not Christianized so easily." This is a useful checklist for local watchdog organizations, as Religious Right candidates may use it verbatim, or with slight modifications.

• Lowering the tax base — no new taxes!
• School financial reform (reduce expenditures).
• Parent's rights.
• Return to basic academics.
• Listen to parents — not special interest groups.
• Support our good teachers — retrain weak teachers.
• Make schools safe!
• Return character training to all classrooms, using America's judicial system as our codified American ethical standard.
• Focus our schools on solid academic subjects.
• Policies that will support our American culture, laws and heritage.

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