Megan Jackson

[2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement] Roster verified: Spotsylvania SB Livingston District since Jan 2024 (elected Nov 7 2023), term ends 12/31/2027 — NOT on Nov 2025 or Nov 2026 ballot. Chair since Jan 2025 (replaced Daniels 4-3), re-elected Chair Jan 2026. PARTY FIX: Unknown → D (real-world D-coalition; ballot nonpartisan but coalitions with Daniels/Cole/Medawar/Rodas reformer bloc that ousted the 2021-2023 Twigg/Taylor/Abuismail conservative majority; FXBG Advance 2025 election guide explicitly classifies the seat she holds as a 'pro-public-school candidate' seat). RELIGION + EDUCATION: not publicly disclosed — null. DEVIATION FLAGS: signed Nov 7 2025 no-trespass order banning critic Shamgar Connors from all SCPS property through July 1 2026; FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) opened a free-speech case against the board (fire.org); conservative outlet Spotsy Wire labels her 'Marxist Megan Jackson.' Voted YES on March 12 2024 firing of Christian-conservative Supt Mark Taylor (his federal lawsuit alleges retaliation for a Christian book fair). HARD FALSE family_child_sovereignty q2: voted YES in 5-2 majority (Jackson, Daniels, Cole, Medawar, Rodas YES; Gillespie, Phelps NO) ROLLING BACK Twigg-era explicit-book-removal policy — new framework gives 'superintendent and principals' discretion rather than parent-driven removal. Rolling back parental-controls on K-12 library content is the rubric-adverse direction on q2 ('opposes CRT, SOGI, comprehensive sex ed, and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools'). HARD FALSE christian_liberty q0: voted YES (5-0) March 12 2024 to fire Supt Mark Taylor; Taylor's federal lawsuit (filed Oct 8 2024) alleges retaliation for organizing a Dec 2 2023 Christmas Christian-themed book fair promoting Christian literature. As Chair-elect at the time of the vote and the public face of the post-Twigg reformer majority, Jackson is on-record for the firing of a superintendent whose federal complaint alleges anti-Christian retaliation — direction FALSE on q0 ('right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres... schools'). HARD FALSE economic_stewardship q2: presided as Chair over FY26 budget 5-0 adoption ($485.8M total, $170.8M local transfer, April 29 2025) — expansionary direction, opposite of the q2 oppose-deficit-spending axis. HARD FALSE self_defense q1: voted YES (5-0) Nov 2025 to RESTORE gun-free-zone designation for the SCPS administration building (paired with rollout of Evolv weapons-detection systems at all 5 high schools + admin building per WJLA / FFP 2025-11-11). Affirming a gun-free-zone designation is the rubric-adverse direction on q1 ('opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, assault weapons bans, and gun registries' — adjacent direction on disarmament zones). SOFT FALSE public_justice q2: April 17 2025 — voted DOWN third-party HR audit after troubling hiring incidents in the division (FFP 2025-04-17). Voting down accountability infrastructure is opposite of the q2 direction ('supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers' — adjacent on institutional-accountability axis). SOFT FALSE christian_liberty q2: Nov 7 2025 signed no-trespass order banning critic Shamgar Connors from SCPS property through July 1 2026 after ejecting him from Oct 13 2025 meeting for 'racist rhetoric'; FIRE opened a free-speech case (fire.org). Jackson's own quote: 'The right to free speech is protected under the law, however, this right must be exercised in a manner that preserves the decorum...' Content-control on a hostile critic at public-comment is adjacent to the q2 compelled-speech direction (and FIRE's case framing is that the ban regulates protected expression at a public body). NOT scored sanctity_of_life q0/q1, biblical_marriage q0 (no marriage-definition statement), biblical_marriage q2 (Aug 2023 trans-policy vote PREDATES her Jan 2024 swearing-in — she cannot be scored on that vote), biblical_marriage q4 (no post-Jan-2024 Pride / pronoun / Title IX trans-bathroom vote located on her record), family_child_sovereignty q0 (no school-choice / homeschool statement located), family_child_sovereignty q1 (the opt-out provision adopted under her board provides PARTIAL parental notification — but the rubric direction is opt-in / strong consent for medical/gender interventions, and library content is not medical/gender-intervention; left null per discipline rather than scoring soft-FALSE on a non-clean fit), christian_liberty q3/q4 (no public-square-Christian-symbols / non-Christian-display votes located), election_integrity q0/q1/q4 (SB office; N/A), public_justice q0/q1/q3/q4 (SRO program, bail reform, RICO, prosecutor oversight not on SB jurisdiction), refuse_state_overreach q0/q1/q2/q3/q4 (no COVID votes — pre-tenure; no ESG/equity-audit refusal — voted DOWN HR audit which is OPPOSITE direction; no state-curriculum-refusal votes), border_immigration q1/q2 (N/A school office), self_defense q0 (no constitutional-carry advocacy located). Net 0 TRUE / 6 FALSE on cited cells = 0% on cited — clean D-coalition / institutionalist post-Twigg-flip pattern across all five high-salience local rubric axes: voted UP book restoration, voted UP Supt-firing tied to Christian book fair lawsuit, voted UP expansionary budget, voted UP gun-free zone, voted DOWN HR audit, signed no-trespass order against critic. Recommend revisiting after the FY27 SB budget vote, the $237.2M bond referendum, any 2026-27 Title IX action, and the FIRE free-speech case resolution.