Kristin
Maguire
Maguire ( , also spelled MacGuire or McGuire) is an Irish surname from the Gaelic , which is "son of Odhar" meaning "dun", "dark one". According to legend, this relates to the eleventh descendant of Colla da Chrich, great-grandson of Cormac mac ...
is a conservative politician from
Clemson, South Carolina. She served on the state
Board of Education
A board of education, school committee or school board is the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or an equivalent institution.
The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional are ...
from 1999 to 2009, and was the board's chairman from 2008 to 2009.
Maguire has served as the executive committeewoman of the South Carolina Republican Party.
Background
Maguire is a graduate of
Clemson University.
She
homeschooled
Homeschooling or home schooling, also known as home education or elective home education (EHE), is the education of school-aged children at home or a variety of places other than a school. Usually conducted by a parent, tutor, or an onlin ...
her four children. A social conservative, Maguire co-founded of South Carolina Parents Involved in Education, a group that promotes
abstinence-only sex education,
private school vouchers and a curriculum teaching
intelligent design
Intelligent design (ID) is a pseudoscientific argument for the existence of God, presented by its proponents as "an evidence-based scientific theory about life's origins". Numbers 2006, p. 373; " Dcaptured headlines for its bold attempt to ...
.
Board of Education career
Maguire was initially appointed to the state Board of Education by the
Pickens County Legislative Delegation in 1999 and reappointed by Governor
Mark Sanford
Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. (born May 28, 1960) is an American politician and author who served as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 1995 to 2001 and again from 2013 to 2019, and also as the ...
in 2004.
In 2000, as a member of the state board, Maguire challenged the state's newly proposed sex education standards for insufficient emphasis on abstinence. She specifically objected to the possibility of teaching
oral
The word oral may refer to:
Relating to the mouth
* Relating to the mouth, the first portion of the alimentary canal that primarily receives food and liquid
**Oral administration of medicines
** Oral examination (also known as an oral exam or oral ...
or
anal intercourse as alternatives to
sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse (or coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity typically involving the insertion and thrusting of the penis into the vagina for sexual pleasure or reproduction.Sexual intercourse most commonly means penile–vaginal penetrat ...
, in violation of a 1988 state law forbidding the teaching of such practices.
Maguire was elected to the position of Board of Education chairwoman in 2008 by a 9–7 vote of that board.
At the time, she was believed to be the only homeschooler in the United States overseeing a state board charged with managing and improving public education.
Maguire resigned her position on the board in late August 2009 citing "family responsibilities".
References
External links
Parents Involved in Education a non-profit organization co-founded by Maguire
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maguire, Kristin
South Carolina Republicans
Intelligent design advocates
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)