As of May 14, 2025, Ray Lynch’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Opposes Critical Race Theory as he believes "academic evaluations should be based upon performance, not identity. "

Opposes Comprehensive Sex Education as it "normalizes inappropriate behavior and grooms children for predators."

Opposes Social Emotional Learning as it "can be harmful and result in psychological profiling and behavior tracking."

- Opposes Critical Race Theory as he believes "academic evaluations should be based upon performance, not identity. "
- Opposes Comprehensive Sex Education as it "normalizes inappropriate behavior and grooms children for predators."
- Opposes Social Emotional Learning as it "can be harmful and result in psychological profiling and behavior tracking."

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College & Career Readiness

Ray Lynch

Said, "I want to support all the employees in our school district... and help them feel included and heard in the decision-making process."

- Said, "I want to support all the employees in our school district... and help them feel included and heard in the decision-making process."

Supports the May 2021 school board resolution banning Critical Race Theory.

- Supports the May 2021 school board resolution banning Critical Race Theory.

Wants to provide access to cybersecurity, avionics, and health science career pathways. She provided no further information on this topic.

- Wants to provide access to cybersecurity, avionics, and health science career pathways. She provided no further information on this topic.

Susan Padgett-Harrison

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.

Cherokee County Board of Education Member Runoff, District 6, Republican Primary

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