Posted on 06/02/2005 7:40:36 PM PDT by ajolympian2004
We talked about this one on the show yesterday, but it didn't make the Nuze. So here we go .. the story of the Anita White Carson Middle School in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia.
Our cast of characters is as follows:
So .. here's the story, gleaned from the front page of the May 26th edition of Greensboro Herald-Journal.
Matthew Lund and Zach Richardson were college roommates. After college Richard joined the Marines and Lund started teaching. Richardson went to Iraq, Lund to Carson Middle School, there to teach a 6th grade language arts class.
As a class assignment Lund gave his students the opportunity to write a letter to Sgt. Richardson in Iraq. Richardson wrote back and gave the class the names of five other Marines who would like to receive letters. Soon other middle school classes were also sending letters to the Marines in Iraq.
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He says he asked the Principal about the form, and was told that she was not going to look at it.
Lund says that he realized his request to have Sgt. Richardson visit the school was going to be ignored by Ulrica Corbett. He made the decision to proceed with the plans for the visit, a visit that took place, or was to take place on May 23rd, one week before Memorial Day.
When Sgt. Richardson showed up at the Carson Middle School Lund took him to the school's media center to prepare to meet the students. At that point, according to Lund, Principal Corbett called him into the hall and told him that the Marine was not approved to be at the school. Lund told Corbett that the proper form had been submitted and had been ignored. Corbett's response was "that's your problem, not mine." Lund's version of the discussion with Corbett in the hallway suggests that Corbett harbored a great deal of hostility toward Sgt. Richardson and Matthew Lund. She told Lund that the students had not earned the visit from the Marine, and closed the discussion with Lund with the phrase "what part of what we just discussed do you not understand?" She then ordered Matthew Lund to escort Sgt. Richardson off the school campus.
When this story hit the local newspaper Ulrica Corbett thought it best to do a little CYA work. She submitted a written statement to the Herald-Journal in which she stated "My decision not to allow Zach Richardson to speak with the students on Monday came out of my regard for the safety and welfare of our children." What a crock. Is Ulrica Corbett saying that this U.S. Marine who had just spent a year putting his life on the line for his country presented some sort of a threat to the children at the Carson Middle School?
My guess? What we have here is some self-important middle school principal who harbors a dislike, if not an outright hatred, of the American armed forces, and who is steadfastly opposed to our actions in Iraq and quite possibly in Afghanistan. This principal then decided to let her petty prejudices stand in the way of what would have been a memorable and rewarding experience for both Sgt. Richardson and the children of Matthew Lund's 6th grade class. Now that's just a guess. I've received messages that Ulrica Corbett has family members in the military and serving in Iraq. You would have thought that information might have been set forth in her written statement to the newspaper. It wasn't
Corbett is saying that the teacher didn't follow protocol. The newspaper has signed and dated copies of the documentation submitted by Lund. Someone here isn't telling the truth. One thing for sure: Protocol be dammed, Ulrica Corbett could have found a way to allow this soldier to talk to the students who had befriended him. She didn't
This morning the story is getting increased attention. Calls have been coming into the Greene County Schools from across the nation. Superintendent John Jackson has offered a written apology, saying that the situation could have been handled differently. The official story still seems to be that Lund didn't follow the necessary steps to get permission for Richardson's visit. I would like to know a little more about Lund's assertion that Corbett told him that she was simply "not going to look at" the written request, and that this was "(his) problem, not mine." Right now it sounds more like the problem was with Corbett, not Lund. I guess it should be expected that the superintendent would protect an established principal in a controversy with a first year teacher on the way out the door.
Thanks to the Herald-Journal the people of Greene County know just what type of person they have in charge of the education of their children at the Carson Middle School.
Government schools. Gotta love 'em.
The ever-vigilant Neal Boortz was all over the story of a middle school that refused to allow a Marine to come visit a class of sixth-graders that had written him letters while he served in Iraq. After getting pressure from Boortz's listeners and others across the country, the local superintendent has now apologized.
Ranting Right Wing Howler highlights the principal's sorry excuse for blocking the Marine, Sgt. Zach Richardson, from visiting:
"My decision not to allow Zach Richardson to speak with the students on Monday came out of my regard for the safety and welfare of our children."
If you had to entrust your child to either a Marine or a public school pinhead, is there any doubt which one you'd choose?
More on the callous treatment of Richardson at Conservative Dialysis, Of the Mind, The Will to Exist
Lord, what fools these educrats be.
Fire the cow.
The only written thing I demand to see from these Democrats is their written resignations.
Greene County is very rural - kinda surprising for a Marine to be treated this way. On Veteran's Day 2003, a rural South Carolina school had me and several other OIF vets (and vets of other wars, too) to lunch. The kids put on a show for us.
ah how sweet, and as it should be, I suspect this generation of kids has a greater respect for the troops than their parent's generation
it has been noted that in Canada, despite the declining number of veterans, that our Remembrance Day ceremonies are increasingly attended by young people and some Ozzies were saying the same about their ANZAC day recently.....
Get on the phone -- and nail her ass. Big Time!!!
This cannot stand!!!
Submit her name to Volunteer Virgins for DEAD Jihadists!
Sorry just doesn't cut it in this case. The Principle must be blasted with my space modulator.
The principal may be from out of state, one of those products of the Three Minutes Hate taught at so many universities. She probably wants to bring her gospel of anti-Americanism to the proles.
Let her go teach in Iraq, and see how long it takes for her to drop her ban of Marines.
OK, fellow vets, help this citizen get a clue. We all need to write to her and help her get an education. Start a letter writing campaign.
I heard Afghanistan is hiring teachers.
Instead of teaching future leaders of this country about patriotism, the ultra-liberal principal chose to teach them anti-patriotism.
Good, the vet's there should know how to ride the cow out of town on a rail. After they tire and feather her of course.
What an absolute forking PIG.
My name is Ulrica Corbett and I am a native of Miami, Florida. I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, FL and my Master's degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, FL.
Prior to becoming a teacher I worked in Miami as a probation and parole officer. After successfully working with some youthful offenders I felt that I could possibly effect a change with more youth in a different setting. Since then I have taught high school English, Spanish and ESOL and middle school English. I have worked as an administrator in Florida, Alabama and Georgia in elementary, middle and high schools.
I enjoy reading, solving crossword puzzles, and watching sports - especially football, basketball and NASCAR!
I am excited to be a part of the Greene County School system and anticipate great things happening at Carson Middle School. Our Carson Middle School students will be Learning Today and Leading Tomorrow. We will be on a steady quest for excellence.
Everytime I think of saving a few bucks by putting my kids in government schools, I read a story like this and come to my senses.
When I say I was polite, I mean I did not call her a cow. LOL.
Congressman Billybob
Pinging Gunny Bob Newman of 850 KOA radio...
Lund, Matthew Language Arts, Reading matthew.lund@greene.k12.ga.us
Corbett, Ulrica Principal ulrica.corbett@greene.k12.ga.us
http://www.greene.k12.ga.us/msschool/faculty.htm
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