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- He did not say all those things in your letter about me are untrue.
- He did not say all those things in your letter about Mike are untrue.
- He did not say I'm sorry for doing this to the children at Spring Valley.
- He did not say I'm sorry I ignored the concerns & requests of the students.
- He did not say I'm sorry I ignored the concerns & requests of the principal and teachers.
- He did not say I'm sorry I ignored the concerns & requests of the parents.
- He did not say I'm sorry I ignored the concerns & requests of the LSIC.
- He did not say I'm sorry we didn't bring him to work out here with us, create a fake job at the Central Office and transfer him out here like all the other people who screwed up in the schools or are someone's relative.
- He did not say I'm sorry we didn't bring him out here to work with us, contract him as one of our numeracy or literacy "coaches", and pay him ridiculous amounts of money to work three or four days a month, even from home like some do, using Title I federal funds.
- He did not say I'm sorry, this is the tip of a huge iceberg. I've done a lot worse than this, for a long, long time.
- He did not say I'm sorry. I was wrong. I resign.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Interesting Things Mr. Adkins DID NOT say:
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4 comments:
I think its sad that people in charge of our children are not fighting for or kids. Do they think that these events are not going to come back to bite them in their behinds. Where do we draw the line. How many kids have to be hurt to have the parents demand that the school do something that will have a lasting effect. These people are hired to protect our kids as well as educate. Who will take the blame when our kids are molested and they grow and want legal validation. If we as a society decline to act when our children need us then where is the trust that we instill in them. What legacy are we leaving for them.
I would like to clarify the school as a staff has done everything they can. The BOARD refuses to their job. Gary Adkins the reason this continues he should be arrested for taking money from the county for a job he does not do. That is the definition of stealing.
To 2nd Comment - If there was any doubt, let me clear it up, the principal and staff at Spring Valley have indeed done everything and more than could be expected. They would not shut up. Many made written complaints and documented things and signed their names at great personal and professional cost. You were our children's first line of defense and you did not fail us. If we have not said it before, we say it now. Thank you.
To 1st Comment - It is difficult to respond to this comment. Last 2 weeks have been pretty unemotional, I looked at this mostly like a really dirty toilet. Or flooded basement. Or really bad road rash on a kid's arm. OK. Somebody's got to do it. Just get to it. Do the work. Over soon enough. I know the Oct 21st letter sounds like I'm really furious. I wasn't. I'm not. That letter wrote itself. Somebody's Hand upon mine. We were ready for these guys. We knew they'd come back at us. We knew they'd try to sneak him back in sometime. Furious. We were furious last year. Dumbfounded they would not do anything. Of course, he did bail for a while (I understand he took a trip out west courtesy of a continuing county paycheck) and school was sort of semi-safer after April 1st until they sent him back this year. This is not personal though. It is people needing to make common sense decisions and do their jobs. Nobody wanted to do this. I don't hate these people. Sad and disappointed in most of them. And tired. BUT. That said. The hard part of this is when I start thinking about about what effect this has actually had on the students. These kids are not stupid. They knew early on that even if he did do something to them it didn't matter if they told. Nothing would happen to him. He won every time. Over and over. The principal, their teacher, Mom, Dad - nobody could fix it or stop it or make it right. And they are supposed to be safe in a school. A lot of parents had no idea what was going on, me included. I just thought he was a weird goof-off who wasn't there half the time and screwed up all the technology whenever he was there. So a lot of kids hadn't even told their parents. I think they thought it was no use. And some of the stuff was SO unbelievable, I don't know if a parent would have believed another adult would say or do some of the things he did. Then I got a phone call from one of the parents who volunteered out there some. They were at the end of their rope and had been stone-walled every time something happened. I joined their LSIC and this journey began. So, here's the emotional part. I will never forget one particular girl from last year he had gone after. More than once. She was so scared. Even after she graduated. Panicked he could find her. Where she lived. That's when I knew we couldn't stop until this was really over. What if somebody comes at her at her job or Marshall or wherever? What will she do? Will she tell? What does them putting him back in here say to her brother who's a senior this year? What did that do to her when he went home and told her? All I know is there needs to be a better legacy when we're standing at the end of this. I've had enough.
Karen I know you have the best interest of our kids at heart you our honest. We need someone like you on the board. Will you please run May 2010 ? It would really help knowing that someome was looking out for the best interest of ours kids. Thank you
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