Effing, Wendy

Meet the Candidate

Running For:
School Board
District:
Flowing Wells Unified School District
Phone:
(520) 405-0957
Age:
62
Occupation:
Bookkeeper
Education:
Some College
Biographical Info:

I grew up in the Chicago suburbs and attended the University of Iowa. I moved to Tucson when I got married 26 years ago. We moved into the Flowing Wells district 21 years ago to ensure our children would be attending Flowing Wells. We have 3 children. who all attend or attended public universities in Arizona.

I have been on the FW Board for 8 years now. I am also involved on the State level through Arizona School Board Association. I have been Pima County Co-Director on the Board of Directors for four years and have served on the Finance Committee and the Legislative Committee. I have also served on the Legislative Committee for the Arizona Interscholastic Association for the past three years. I also served on the Metropolitan Education Commission for two years.

Statement:

I have been very involved in Flowing Wells since my children entered kindergarten. My husband and all three of my children attended Flowing Wells schools kindergarten through 12th grade. While my children were in elementary, I was President of the school’s PTO. I also chaired the District override and bond committee. We successfully passed two overrides and a bond during that time.

The next logical step to continue my advocacy for Flowing Wells was to run for the Governing Board which I first did in 2016. I was appointed in 2016 and in 2020 to the Board. This year, I have chosen once again to run as I feel there is always more work to be done to ensure that Flowing Wells remains the amazing District it has been for many years.

Survey

Response Legend

  • SSupports
  • OOpposes
  • *Comment
  • −Declined to respond
  • †Declined to respond, Position based on citation

Question Response Comments/Notes
1. Requiring district and charter school officials, including teachers, to inform parents about their child’s social, mental, emotional, or physical health. S
2. Allowing parents to opt their children out of activities or lessons that offend their personal, moral, or religious beliefs. S
3. Increasing state and local taxes to provide more funding for schools and school facility projects. S
4. Requiring signed permission from a parent before a student may participate in any sexuality related instruction, activities, or clubs. S
5. Allowing all parents to use tax credits and publicly funded empowerment scholarship accounts to enable their children to attend any private, homeschool, or online academy of their choice. O
6. Making available books and instructional materials that include sexually explicit images and themes in school classrooms and libraries. O
7. Acquiring parental consent for school faculty and staff to refer to students by pronouns that do not align with the student’s birth sex. O
8. Allocating teacher pay raises based upon merit rather than providing uniform salary schedule increases based upon years of teaching or additional credentialing (e.g. master’s degrees) O
9. Implementing policies to allow students and faculty to use the restroom, locker room, and shower room based on self-identification rather than biological sex. O* I believe each student and faculty member should be consulted on a case by case basis as to what works best for them and the school site.
10. Teaching what is known as diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI); social, emotional learning (SEL); or critical race theory (CRT) in public schools. -* These are all very different topics and should be evaluated as such.
11. Requiring each district and charter school to post online a list of all curriculum and instructional materials being used in the classroom. O