Colorado Springs, Colorado
Aaron Salt is a charter school founder and former school board candidate for Academy District 20 in El Paso County, Colorado. He advocates for parental rights and school choice.
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Aaron Salt is a charter school founder and education advocate based in El Paso County, Colorado. He founded a charter school built on parental rights principles and served as its board chair, gaining direct experience in school governance and policymaking.
Salt ran for the Academy District 20 school board multiple times, campaigning on platforms of parental rights, school choice, and opposition to what he viewed as state legislative overreach into local school governance. His campaigns addressed issues including SB 1032 and other state legislation affecting district autonomy.
On the Kim Monson Show, Salt has discussed topics including critical race theory in schools, mask mandates, charter school funding, and the importance of protecting parental authority in education decisions. He is a father of three.
September 15, 2021
Coroner Brenda Bock exposes inaccurate COVID statistics as Constitution Week celebrates 10 years in Grand Lake. September 15, 2021.
“Yeah, so 100% opposed to critical race theory. It has no business being in our schools at all. It's Marxist doctrine, and it's something that, you know, we have fought for decades as a society to keep out of our culture, number one.”
November 1, 2019
Ballot Measures & TABOR
School board candidates discuss safety, parental rights, and local control on November 1, 2019.
“I'm running for school board because I really want to protect the parents and the students here within our district. As you know, Kim, there was a lot of legislative overstep in the last session that was really trying to drive a wedge between parents' rights and their students.”
October 10, 2019
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Six school board candidates discuss teacher support, parental rights, and school safety on October 10, 2019.
“I believe in local control to the very core of who I am, and it doesn't get more local than parental involvement in a child's education.”
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