Biography
Doug Lloyd was born and raised in Bethlehem. After high school Doug participated in Habitat for Humanity’s AmeriCorps program in Miami, Florida before receiving an A.S. in Computer Science from SUNY Cobleskill. He later returned to the district in 2014 to raise and educate his two sons, who currently attend Slingerlands elementary. As a defense contractor, he has designed, developed, and implemented complex technology solutions for government and commercial agencies including, but not limited to, the US Army, Department of Energy, SAIC, and NASA. As Chief Engineer at Deep Blue Communications, Doug designed, deployed, and maintained some of the largest WiFi networks in the US. Doug is currently a small business owner of Layer2 Networks LLC, specializing in authentication, mobile data offload, and high availability power systems. As an engineer, Doug has been trained to use data, probability, and empirical evidence to drive optimal outcomes for organizations, and he plans to do that for the Bethlehem Central School District.
Platform
1.) Parental control - Doug believes strongly that moms and dads know best for their children, not bureaucrats.
2.) A return to a pre-pandemic environment - After two years of kids shouldering a disproportionate and unfair Covid burden, they are suffering from a rise in anxiety, depression, anti-social behavior, and suicides. We must let kids be kids, so they can grow up into the kind of adults this country needs.
3.) Elite academics - Schools are funded to teach our kids math, science, technology, economics, and history, not half-baked victim theories. No one benefits from this misuse of school time. We need to win back parents' trust by teaching kids how to think, not what to think.
4.) The importance of extracurricular activities - Whether it is sports, clubs or otherwise. Cancelling seasons, jamming masks on kids during athletic events, or segregating/restricting kids based on their vaccination status is harmful and unacceptable.
5.) Responsible use of tax dollars - The frivolous expenditures are piling up and so is our unnecessary tax burden. We need people on the school board who understand tax dollars are a sacrifice for our residents, not a bottomless slush fund.
