Who is he?
John Flood is a resident of the Cumberland Valley School District in Silver Spring. He proudly served his country in the US Navy and wants to bring the values of honor, duty, and integrity to his role as a School Director. He has served in numerous leadership positions within various Fortune 500 companies and knows what skills businesses are looking for in future employees. As a parent he has volunteered his time as PTA President, Youth Baseball, and a Football coach. He volunteers his time teaching Astronomy and Astrophysics to various organizations to inspire our youth to consider a future in STEM. John lives in Walden with his wife, children, 2 dogs, and cat.
Why run for School Director?
John decided to run due to the rise of special interest groups who are attempting to take over our community schools. These well-funded groups have as their goals to ban books from our school libraries, remove the rights of LBGTQ+ students and parents to be free from harassment, and to destroy the financial stability of our district by not addressing the real financial challenges that every school board must address.
John believes that every child no matter what their race, gender, socioeconomic background, or gender identity deserves the right to have a seat at the table and deserves to have their voice heard as a valuable member of our school community. He believes that books, even those you may not like, should be available and that school boards must not become the tools of censorship. He believes that education is not simply just learning a bunch of facts, but instead should be to develop well rounded individuals who are able to take an active roles in our society.