Fight the Good Fight!

Editor's note: I was asked to share this.

April 16, 2008

Dear Eagle Ridge Board;

This letter is going to be long, so please be prepared to endure my thoughts. And I am not going to have proper paragraph structure; I am just going to type. I am mad and disappointed in myself for not attending any Board Meetings. I was so disappointed in the parents and the icky teachers (Reid, Garvin, Erb) that I couldn’t get involved with this hunt for hatred. I sadly received an email yesterday with a copy of 18 pages of the emails in question. How anyone can read those letters and not see the manipulative, underhanded, victimizing actions of Garvin are just plain stupid. He chose his victim, he chose his co-conspirators and he had a plan. We all fell for it – shame on us. When I read those parents names (the weak, easily swayed parents), I was so embarrassed for them. He chose these weak, feeble-minded people to whip into a frenzy. He used my children (our children) as pawns. He used the chosen staff as pawns. And everyone fell for it. I am reminded of a man named Hitler who convinced an entire globe that a certain type of people where evil and needed to die – when he was just a little, insecure man.

But he yelled the loudest, to a group that was already down and out. I feel like a victim of this loud, little, insecure man. I am watching before my very eyes, the demise of a school and an administrator that I love. I chose this school. I looked for years for a school like Eagle Ridge Academy. Like I have said a million times – I could not have hand picked you all better myself. I voted for almost all of you on the board. And the board members that are a part of these emails – you should be ashamed of yourself and I really think you should resign. Why should you be able to stay on the Board when you are traders? Mr. Niemann and Dr. Rockcastle are the people that care about my children – not you. I don’t know how you look at yourself in the mirror. The list is very long with the things that Judi has done for my school and done for my children. These home-schooling parents are used to controlling every breath of their children. This is a public school with a wonderful board that needs to be left to business. They need to be left alone to do their jobs. Not listen to the blowholes that love to hear their own voices.

They are full of hatred, ignorance, and need to leave our school. If you don’t like the school – THEN LEAVE! Go and run for office or something – just leave us alone. I hope the Board knows that I have complete trust in you. It is hard to save a person when they have been thrown into a pile of crap – and that is how I feel about what is happening to Judi. I am watching my daughter have a very difficult time in Latin now that they have a real teacher. After reading the emails – did anyone catch the five million misspelled words – yep – this Garvin is some hero – a true genius. Thank Goodness the

Board did what they had to do. Good call – this is what I mean – if the Board is left to do their job, the Board will do the right thing. Thank you for the opportunity. Thank you for working your fingers to the bones – never giving up the fight and doing what is right no matter how hard that might be. I would never be able to find a school where the Dean of Students spends two hours a day helping my daughter study. Judi – if you where my manager in my workplace – I would follow you wherever you went. You could always count on me to give you 110% just like you give that to my children and me. I pray for this staff every night before I go to bed. I pray that you all, as a Board, and as the staff at ERA, have the courage and strength to ward of the evil that lurks around every corner.

You are doing the right thing by placing the children first. If only these parents would do the same. These parents might be louder – but I am wiser. These parents are spewing lies out of their mouths. I know the truth. I know who the master of evil is and so does she. Why these people have chosen Judi and Eagle Ridge Academy, I don’t know. Why they are trying to convince the globe that she is evil and must be eliminated? I think of myself as a person of reason. I weigh both sides – and their side is coming up smelling like crap – looking like crap – must be crap. Before this becomes ten pages, I just want to let you all know that I have a heavy heart. I am sad that the truth is not prevailing. It is hard to tell my daughters that evil wins sometimes – that lies turn into truths . I hope the Board makes the correct decisions for the children and for Eagle Ridge Academy.

Please don’t be a pawn like these parents are. Please be the strong, intelligent, faithful people I voted for and that I respect with every fiber of my being. Judi is a very important part of Eagle Ridge Academy. She bleeds Eagle Ridge Academy. I will follow my own advice and we will leave if things do not calm down. That is not a threat -it is just the truth. I am worried that my children have to endure these children that vomit the lies that their parents tell. I feel like I have to deprogram my children weekly to let them hear both sides. Again, the loudest person is usually the loudest person because they are trying to convince themselves that they are right. I am humbled by my blessings of my children. They are such a gift. And I am not going to let this environment hurt my blessed gifts. Fight the good fight!

Respectfully Submitted,

Christy Mahan