Voice of Will: Crissy's Take

2005-11-12 - 12:25 a.m.
Crissy's take on this (I have removed the names of the guilty)

I copied the letter I sent off to you just to show you how desperate I got... not to mention that I was making a record in case legal action needed to be taken. I was at my wits end and freaking out because nobody was talking to us STILL!

But then (our boss in fort hays) emailed Will a couple of times basically to tell us to lay off because we were really making the waves uncontroleable... basically, I lost my cool and made everyone here realize that I would be more than willing to bring it to an end over a null issue if they wanted to give me trouble, (I made stink about harassment... and it is harassment but that is the way it has always been and I never made noise before...) In the end I basically made it clear that I would talk... long and loud and clear and I would be happy to take it to a lawyer if I needed to.

They (the advisory committee )) got a lot of flak and realized that I was now pissed off enough to ruin it for everyone and shut the school down if I did not get my way. They (the committee) didn't realize that I was not afraid to walk out on my contract if I had to, and I was not going to allow my husband to be railroaded without getting royally rude. In addition, I have never thrown a fit before, so no one here thought that I could. It was a seriously rude awakening for some people. Now the wave has hit. Shawn (the owner of the school) is here and is basically saying he will deal with the problem, and he is not seeing me as the problem (I expected him to, but that is not what has happened). He sees it as... Something is wrong and it is coming from ICED.

So___ has been removed. And I think my job is now being threatened (unfortunate and I feel really bad... but I am more important to me...) and we have basically been asked to stop making our noise (stop the letter writing campaign.. and stop talking to FHSU, etc.) and they will take care of it. So I am waiting and watching like I always do. I think a lot of people were suprised at how loud I got all of a sudden. and when started saying... but it is just a few people... and 20 people were suddenly clammoring.. he stopped saying a few and started asking what went wrong. How is that for funny.

She basically said that... well I interpreted it as "you are not being tolerant enough" which is when I lost my temper and got really loud everywhere... including writing the letter of harassment. But basically said she was sorry and hoped that it would work out.. which is a much better response than blameing me for my problems... So I wrote her back to tell her I was sure it would, but that I just needed to make a little "official" noise to help things work out properly. I never expected action on Fort Hays side (although I like that Shawn (owner of the school) came in... even if it labels me a trouble maker).

About the guy the fired for being Gay... One day on one of the computer lab computers he had some pornography (it wasn't but they interpreted it as such... you know the whole I can't define it but I know it when I see it arguement)... So they have grounds for termination...

Anyway,

I am satisfied with the way things are moving right now. I have some really powerful people on my side (including the main investor from the tent makers... how is that for a power play) and they believe me because I am so rational, calm, and friendly without hideing behind a mask or a religious belief. I always knew being true to myself would lead to good things. Plus Will was being Will and made friends with the most powerful people who came to visit... so he had them on his side as soon as things started turning sour. Mark was lost because the only people he spoke to ever were me and Will and there was almost nothing that we could do for him. was lost for the same reason. They had no one to turn to and no way of fighting back because no one knows him (he is fighting back as best he can, but he is not going to win this battle) and because of the kids. Although the students are crying about the loss of Mark and AJ. They are both two of the most popular teachers on campus (will has them beat... barely) this semester.

I still can't believe____ would say I am being intolerant of others...

Crissy