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Nina Christensen is on a mission in her new role as a member of the Menomonee Falls School Board.

"I will seek to partner and collaborate with everyone to create solutions around trust and transparency," Christensen said on her website. 

She was part of the Moms on a Mission slate that registered the three highest vote totals in the February 15 primary, according to Wisconsin Right Now.

In Christensen’s view, she and fellow Moms members Christine Stueland and Shelley Holzman could not have picked a more critical time to become involved.

"Like many career moms, my primary focus was my family, raising my children, and work,” Christensen said. “I placed absolute trust in many of our institutions, including the educational system. However, about a couple of years ago, I began to pay more attention and ask questions. It was important for me to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the system. I spent countless hours attending school board and committee meetings and researching information about the inner workings of the school district."

Christensen and other parents organized a protest against wearing masks, Wisconsin Right Now reported.

Stueland also spoke out against mask mandates.

"We don’t really know long-term effects from wearing masks all year long, five days a week, in school," Stueland told WISN. "There’s opportunity for these parents, teachers, volunteers helping in the schools to get vaccinated.”

Christensen said the impact felt by the pandemic has raised other concerns.

"I was disappointed to see the declining Forward exam scores for our district,” she said. “Many students in our district are failing to meet proficiency scores in the critical areas of reading, science, social studies, and math. The fundamental responsibility of our educational system is to prepare our children to enter into the world prepared and equipped to succeed."

Christensen said she is hoping to see a change in the way school officials instruct students.

"The primary goal of education should be about teaching children how to think, instead of what to think,” she said. “It is about critical thinking and not emotional thinking."