Sarasota School Board elections: Edwards, Wood and Babicz face off for District 3 seat

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : He pointed to Edwards' "no" vote on Bridget Ziegler's resolution to reject gender identity discrimination protections under Title IX, saying that because of that vote, Edwards supports males entering female restrooms -- something Edwards denies.
61% : In another four-year term, Edwards said he wants to protect public education and create a safe, high-achieving academic environment for all students.
61% : The Biden Administration's changes to Title IX to add protections against gender identity discrimination have seen challenges in court, questioning its ability to be enforced.
56% : Wood is a self-described lifelong conservative, and said he has supported several actions taken by the current board majority - including its votes on rejecting federal Title IX protections against gender identity discrimination, which he said the board was a leader for other districts in its decision in terms of curbing federal overreach.
53% : He said he strongly supports school choice but wants to make public schools the obvious choice for parents.
50% : Details of Ziegler's involvement with another woman raised questions given her stance supporting legislation such as the Parental Rights in Education Act, a bill dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill for prohibiting instruction on sexual orientation in K-3 classrooms.
37% : "They also support placing sexually focused books promoting gender identity expression of non-heterosexual attraction in our schools.

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