Crisis in K-12 Education Summit Hosted by he Family Policy Institute of Washington (FPIW)

Brad Klippert has 34 years of military service. 20 of those years he served as an Army helicopter pilot. In In 2021 he retired as COL Klippert, Commander of the Washington State Guard. He spent 30 years as a Sheriff’s Deputy, 22 of those years as a school resource officer. In 1997 he graduated with honors with a Master’s Degree in Teaching. He has taught at the Elementary through College levels, public and private schools, nationally and internationally. He served 7 terms in the Washington State House of Representatives and has served on both the Education and Early Education committees. He is also a Licensed Minister.

Brad and his wife, Kim, reside in Kennewick and have two daughters and a son.

Born and raised in the city of Toppenish by a single mom. My dad left when I was young. I have 9 siblings. 4 sisters and 5 brothers. All wonderful, productive people. We worked as farmworkers growing up, poor, on welfare, but happy. My mom, an immigrant from Mexico, loves the United States and instilled in her kids the values of loving God, family, and country.

In the summer of 1998, I heard there were some council positions open in Toppenish. I felt led by God to apply, so I did and have served the City of Toppenish ever since.

Then, in the Summer of 2022, a concerned parent and family member approached me with some documents about the Comprehensive Sexual Education curriculum plan to be taught to the kids in our school district. What I read and saw was deeply concerning. To me, it seemed like a blatant attack on the faith-based values of many parents, our Latino cultural values, our kid's innocence, and mental well-being, in addition to the right of parents as a whole. I decided to get involved and help parents fight back to protect their kids and parental rights.

Now retired, this Idaho leader of PARENTS' RIGHTS IN EDUCATION has a Masters degree in Forensic Psychology. That's MAFP, Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology. He has extensive knowledge and experience working with sexual abuse victims as a Sacramento police officer where he served 11 years in patrol.

He taught psychology and criminal justice programs at the community college level for 10 years. Therapeutic benefits of self-defense on survivors of sexual assault, sex trafficking and intimate partner violence through targeted exposure therapy, was his grad school thesis.

According to him, "Modeling and observational learning behaviors, now called 'gender expression' are used falsely to justify gender instruction as age appropriate. Molesters are enabled by access to more vulnerable children as an entire generation are pre-groomed by the public schools."

Sharon Hanek is an accountant, community volunteer, wife, and mother who became active in the political arena when she became involved in education issues. Her “mother bear” instincts brought her into the political arena where she became known as “Research Mom”. She is the founder and director of “My Family My Choice” an organization dedicated to empowering families to advocate for their rights in the legislative arena.

In 2012 Sharon made headlines by being the first candidate to win a State-wide write-in campaign in her primary bid for the Office of State Treasurer. Although she did not win the general election, she went on to win her next race and became the Chair of the Pierce County Charter Review Commission.

Sharon has been active in her community and in the Republican Party. She has also been appointed to various commissions and boards in Pierce County including the Redistricting Commission. She currently serves as a Planning Commissioner and sits on the Executive Board of the Birth – 25 Children’s Committee.

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