2021 Juneau Municipal Elections
Working together
What’s your approach for dealing with colleagues you disagree with on a policy matter?
What’s your approach for dealing with colleagues you disagree with on a policy matter?
School Board
Kyle Scholl*
Candidate for School Board
I mean, everyone’s gonna disagree with me on probably everything. As we know, in politics and stuff, people can’t get can’t agree on anything until it’s — I just gotta meet in the middle and work together and compromise with each other and kind of just look at the bigger picture. Not just what we want as a group or an individual, but what is better for the whole community?
Thom Buzard
Candidate for School Board
My approach is to listen to the person, understand them, have an open discussion. I provide my information to them. I listen to their information. Sometimes, people do persuade me with good, solid information backed up by facts and evidence. I am capable of changing my mind, and I have many times. I would hope that they would be able to be as malleable. In the end, though, if we can’t agree, then we have to just agree to disagree, and we’ll have to move on.
Will Muldoon*
Candidate for School Board
That comes up often in my current board positions and previous ones as well. I believe in the process of board governance. I think that it’s a really fantastic idea. And I think that when an item comes up that is controversial, I think everyone has to do their due diligence. You do your readings, and then you take public comment, you have discussion, and then you let the vote settle where it settles.
Ibn Bailey
Candidate for School Board
Being able to have conversations and discussions that are data informed to ensure that there’s not that it’s not a personality, conflict, ideology conflict, that we actually are speaking about the issues and making sure that we keep in mind that we’re talking for the betterment the good for our overall student population in our district.
Aaron Spratt
Candidate for School Board
We have to recognize that our intentions, our goals are the same. We want to make the best decisions for our students to offer world-leading education. So whatever we might disagree upon, we can always find areas of agreement.
Elizabeth Siddon
Candidate for School Board
My approach is to express my point of view through open and honest communication, but also to listen to their point of view and to understand where they’re coming from. Differences of opinion are inevitable, of course, so ultimately keeping the decision student centered. We are there to advocate for and to make the best decisions for our students. So ultimately, our focus should remain on their best interests.
Amber Frommherz
Candidate for School Board
My approach would be to actively listen. We are all a part of a bigger team, rooted in what’s best for our students and also staff. So my first approach would be to listen, to find where we can make some solutions. At the end of the day, we still need to make decisions and our school still needs to function. And so, I am grounded in solution oriented conversations.