Howse Running for LGISD School Board

My name is Jim Howse. I support the children, the faculty and the tax payers of La Grange ISD.

I look forward to serving in position 2 of the School Board. I am a Biblical Christian and a Constitutional conservative. I worship at the Remnant Church and sponsor a home church every Sunday night.

I served our country in the U. S. Marine Corps.

My wife, Carol, and I started the Dixie Hope Fund, which provides financial support to abandoned women and at risk children in Fayette County. In addition to sponsoring a pastor’s seminary education, I have served as Lay Leader and Chair of the Single Board of La Grange United Methodist Church.

I graduated from the University of Houston with a masters degree. I was the founding partner in a business, eventually having offices in Houston, Dallas and La Grange. I bought property here in 2003. After retiring, we moved to Rutersville in 2013. Through out life I have been committed to raising up at risk children and minority youth sponsoring 24 foster children in my home, adopting two with two biological children. I have served on youth boards including president of the West University Little league, a Dallas Baptist University extra curricular program and other public school programs.

I have written a dozen or more letters and ads to the Fayette County Record stating, for all to read, my positions on Christianity, government and personal community service. My challenge to others was “if not you, who and if not now, when”. My time is now. The school board is how.

Why am I running?

1. To confirm citizen leadership of the Board in our schools.

2. To confirm the teaching of core academic skills including civics, history and elevated vocational training for all students whether college or work bound.

3. To speak against the mainstreaming of identity politics, cross sexual indoctrination, critical race theory, LBGTQ, etc. that have no place being taught in our public schools. Forming these issues should be left to parents, family and church.

4. To resist progressive programs designed to divide rather than to unite. All lives matter to build hope filled students of character.

5. To provide parental partnership in the decisions made about their students whether educational, spiritual, cultural or sexual.

6. To include biological and age appropriate teaching in our classrooms and libraries.

7. To establish one Board meeting a quarter as a “town hall meeting” for citizen input.

8. To promote Board member’s critical thinking on issues rather than relaying so much on “experts.” As a nation we are becoming more governed by “experts” than by common sense.

9. To be a fiduciary of district funds from local tax payers.

10. To be an advocate for conservative issues and a consensus builder.

I am available for questions and input at jimjhowse@gmail.com both now and after the election.