Posted on 06/02/2005 4:50:02 AM PDT by NotchJohnson
Ping. Marine Sargent invited to speak to Middle School class was turned away and told to leave by the Principal.
Something here doesn't pass the smell test!
Another lefty loon exposed warping our childrens minds.
Until Principal Corbett is fired, this middle school should not receive a nickel from the federal government. Why should US taxpayers support a school that shows by retaining this anti-American that it does not support the US military?
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Marine rejected at school
Superintendent apologizes
Mary MacDonald - Staff
Thursday, June 2, 2005
Marine Corps Sgt. Zach Richardson survived Iraq, but not Carson Middle School in Greensboro.
When Richardson walked into the Greene County school last week, he expected to meet some of the sixth-graders who had written to him during his seven-month deployment.
Instead, he was shown the door, coming under the scrutiny of a principal enforcing a policy that requires prior approval for visiting speakers.
Principal Ulrica Corbett told teacher Matthew Lund, the Marine's host and former college roommate, to escort Richardson from the campus.
On Wednesday, after the incident had gotten attention across the nation, the superintendent of Greene County Schools apologized to Richardson and "all our other military personnel."
Richardson, 24, who corresponded with Lund's students while he served in the Persian Gulf, said he is still perplexed about what happened. "I know the principal wasn't trying to sabotage everything," he said. "I don't know what she was thinking."
His treatment, coming a few days before the Memorial Day holiday, led to front-page coverage in the local weekly, The Herald-Journal.
The story, written by 35-year editor Carey Williams and capped with a triple-decker headline, attracted the attention of talk radio and then the nation.
By Wednesday, people from Kansas and Louisiana were calling Greensboro, about midway between Atlanta and Augusta, and asking the editor to fax his story. Most were sympathetic veterans, he said. "The people here, they just can't believe it happened," Williams said. "They respect the soldier."
In his written apology, Superintendent John Jackson said the situation could have been handled differently. The principal, he said, could have allowed the Marine sergeant to speak with students, then dealt with the teacher who did not secure written permission for the visit.
"The thrust that's been placed on it was that he was unwelcome," Jackson said, although he insisted that was not the case.
Richardson, an Athens native, said he had planned to answer questions from the students and had brought combat items they might have found interesting, such as helmets and bullet-proof vests.
Lund had mailed postcards from students in September and December to Richardson and five other Marines stationed at Al-Asad, Iraq.
After Richardson returned from Iraq, Lund said he spoke several times with Corbett about having his friend come to the school. He said he asked for her written permission on May 3, but she never responded. Corbett did not return a call Wednesday seeking comment.
Lund, a first-year teacher, said his students were upset by the events. "Technically, she did her job. But what was right [was] for him to come speak to my kids," he said. "My kids earned the right for him to come speak to them. He certainly earned the right to be there."
http://www.ajc.com/thursday/content/epaper/editions/thursday/metro_24e9e926731421701031.html
Thanks for posting this outrageous story. The school will be hearing from me.
"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."
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Dumba$$ statement of the year! What did she think...the Marines would start shooting the students?
dang you beat me!!!
I will bet she knows "Butch" Reno well!
Her email address: ulrica.corbett@greene.k12.ga.us
Sounds like fine credentials, but she's still as dumb as a doorknob.
When I here teachers,politicians etc etc use this line it sends up a red flag...I don't want to see kids 'changed',let them be themselves and get EDGIMICATED!
The Dade County system is full of this type. She doesn't mention HER kids in the resume, probably doesn't have any. You have to always keep in mind that Janet Reno is highly regarded in Dade County, it is a part of Florida we gave up on years ago.
What's the email address of the school board? That's who we nedd to hammer, especially if they are elected.
probably even rode in her truck! LOL
why is the superintendant apoligizing for the principal? the principal should be the one apologizing here. and much more sincere than Larry Summers apoligies. she should apologize and keep on apoligizing until the day she leaves the system.
where are the local residents on this?
If so, she writes like an eighth-grader.
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