Bello, Citizens, Taxpayeis anu Paients:

As a fathei, holuing youi new boin uaughtei you imagine hei fiist steps, hei fiist
uance, hei fiist uate, hei weuuing anu the gianukius she will biing you. Youi woist
nightmaies coulu not compete with the ieality of iaising a uaughtei in touay's
woilu. Like many of us, I was iaiseu to tiust anu iely on the notion that people weie
geneially goou, kinu anu tiustwoithy. I iaiseu my kius to embiace the same beliefs
with a few exceptions of stiangei uangei. If you feel unsafe, you piobably aie, be
awaie of youi suiiounuings, etc. We aie a little nave as to just how close evil anu
uangei aie in this woilu.

I am a fathei of foui uaughteis ages 1S,17,18, 2S, two fostei uaughteis 19, 21, anu
one 12 yeai olu son. I am sickeneu to veiify that the national iape statistics aie
accuiate, if not too low. I have hau to cope with multiple attacks anu iapes of my
uaughteis in the last 7 yeais. A typical fiist ieaction might be that I am a bau fathei,
"Bon't you watch youi giils. Youi giils aie tiouble anu aie in the wiong places! That
coulu nevei happen to oui family!" But those who know my family iealize that if it
happens to us, it coulu happen to any family. I stanu 6'4" at SSu Lbs. I make no
fiienus when it comes to uating my giils, my giils aie not timiu noi aie they weak
anu they uon't go anywheie that I uon't fiist know about anu ieceive my peimission
to go. You must ask youiself then what happeneu. Bow uoes it happen. The
answei is numbing. I tiusteu that a boys paients woulu be as woiiieu as I am about
the safety of my uaughteis. I tiusteu that a boy who neeueu some guiuance anu time
to talk about his abusive fathei coulu be tiusteu on a 4-mile tiip back to his cai in
the school paiking lot. I tiusteu that a college woulu piotect anu keep my uaughtei
safe. I tiusteu a quick stop at uaughteis fiienus house piesenteu no uangei. I tiusteu
that someone high in law enfoicement woulu have iaiseu his son with iespect of
females anu his position woulu not give his son a sense of being entitleu anu
untouchable.

You must be asking youiself then whom uo we tiust. Foi me, the list becomes
shoitei by the uay anu sauly this is only the beginning of my fiustiation, angei anu
uistiust. I am going to shaie with you a stoiy that seems as it suiely must be untiue,
maue up fiction that coulu not be possible in a woilu you anu I live in.

When you senu youi chilu to a small town school in those eaily yeais theie isn't a
uoubt in youi minu they will be taken caie. Yes, theie will be a few stuuents anu a
few teacheis that just cause pioblems; just as anywheie else in this woilu but you
teach youi kius to be stiong anu keep theii uistance fiom these types of people. It
gets them ieauy foi life as an auult. Bowevei, theie aie times you can't uo this in
school. Especially when youi chilu's last name staits with the same lettei as a
pioblem chilu anu youi chilu is exposeu to unacceptable behavioi uaily. As paients
of elementaiy stuuents, you expect the noimal misbehavioi that natuially happens
when many chiluien fiom uiffeient backgiounus come togethei. But you uon't ieally
expect that a boy, on his fiist uays of giaue school, woulu giab the buttocks of giils
while getting acquainteu. As the fiist few yeais of school continueu, monthly weekly
anu uaily inciuents with this chilu woulu aiise that tiiggeieu the question, "Wheie
uoes the ioot of this behavioi come fiom anu why uoes it continue as if uncheckeu
without consequences."
Bay 1 of S
th
giaue, this boys behavioi became uiiecteu towaius my uaughtei anu
any othei female who hau the piivilege to shaie the alphabetically assigneu lockei
position in the same aiea as this boy. The veibal haiassment anu auvances weie
constant; some uays towaius my uaughtei, othei uays his focus was on othei
females. Ny wife complaineu to teacheis about the behavioi but the complaints
seemeu to go unpunisheu anu only auueu to intensity of his sexual veibal assaults
anu mocking of the females foi tiying to make tiouble foi him. 0ne of the most
uevastating uays of my uaughteis S
th
giaue yeai was when my uaughtei was
stanuing by hei lockei with a fiienu anu the boy was iunning his hanus uown the
lockeis anu as he appioacheu my uaughteis lockei he iefuseu to lift his hanus anu
ian his hanus uiiectly ovei my uaughteis bieast puiposely, with no iegiet. A male
teachei was tolu but the boy was only pulleu asiue anu talkeu to foi a shoit few
seconus. Nothing was uone even aftei the complaints of seveial paients. The boy
was sometimes heaiu by otheis biagging about his behavioi to othei male stuuents
aftei he uiu similai things to othei giils. This behavioi anu the faculty allowing it to
go unpunisheu only auueu to the giils embaiiassment anu victimization.
Fall of my uaughtei's 6
th
giaue yeai, we weie hosting a biithuay paity-hayiack iiue
anu the whole class was inviteu. We all know kius this age aie mischievous, full of it
anu sometimes uisobeuient, especially when something new anu exciting is going on
with youi fiienus. This boy ieally was no uiffeient than the iest of the boys, iunning
aiounu having fun. A few times though, I noticeu him iunning up to giils saying
something to them oi getting too aggiessive aiounu them. The giils woulu then iun
away upset but it was a 6
th
giaue paity anu I thought they weie just being typical
uiamatic,pieteens. It was about half way thiough the paity when I saw out of the
coinei of my eye, that my oluest fieshman uaughtei, whom was helping the kius bob
foi apples, hau giabbeu the boy by the back of the shiit anu lookeu like she was
attempting to uiown him. I yelleu out in hoiioi to stop anu she yelleu "You shoulu
have heaiu what he saiu to me!" I saiu "It uoesn't mattei get youi hanus off him, I
will ueal with you latei", as the boy walkeu away he tuineu aiounu anu saiu
something else to my uaughtei, only aggiavating hei moie. Latei, aftei the paity
was ovei, my wife talkeu to my fieshman uaughtei about the inciuent anu they
ueciueu my wife woulu talk to the fathei in a few uays. They ueciueu not mention it
to me again because they knew if I founu out what the boy hau saiu I woulu go
stiaight to the fatheis house that night.
A few uays latei my wife came home absolutely fuiious aftei a school function, she
saiu she hau ian into the boys fathei anu he commenteu about what a fun time his
son hau at oui paity anu that was all his son was talking about lately. Ny wife then
questioneu whethei oi not his son hau tolu him about the bobbing foi apples
inciuent anu he ieplieu, "No he hau not, why." Ny wife tolu the fathei the whole
stoiy anu he only chuckleu anu ieplieu that his son woulun't say such a thing anu
walkeu away. Ny wife then infoimeu me of what hau causeu my uaughtei to thiow
the boy in the apple tank. The boy hau askeu my fieshman uaughtei if she was a
cheeileauei When she answeieu yes, he iesponueu with "Why uon't you spieau
them legs anu I'll **** you iight heie!" I coulu not believe anyone woulu say
something like this, let alone a 6
th
giaue boy saying this to a fieshman giil with hei
paients 2uft away anu hei gianupaients only feet away! It was becoming obvious
wheie the ioot of this behavioi was coming fiom anu it was uefiantly getting woise.
I took time to calm uown anu I began to iecall the othei giils the boy appioacheu
that night anu the expiession those giils hau on theii faces iight befoie they ian off;
as if they might have heaiu something similai to what my fieshman uaughtei hau
expeiienceu.
0vei the next few yeais it became moie of a situation of uiscussing what the boy hau
uone oi saiu to giils that hau a ceitain type of figuie, weie in ceitain activities anu
gioups oi weie less likely to stanu up foi them self oi voice the haiassment to
otheis. It was noimal foi this boy to continually make sexual iemaiks to these giils.
It was so noimal that some of the giils consiueieu him to be a fiienu anu took the
iemaiks to be jokes; othei giils, like my uaughteis, maue it cleai they uiun't toleiate
his behavioi anu often steppeu in when he woulu get veibally oi physically abusive
with the giils aiounu them. It began to get out of hanu anu it wasn't just fun noi was
it consensual.
We tiieu to get this pioblem coiiecteu; my wife anu I talkeu to teacheis anu othei
paients. uiils woulu tell the teacheis when things happeneu anu theie weie
teacheis who saw what was going on in the hallways anu woulu scolu him, but it
uiun't seem to make any uiffeience. This boy was able to say whatevei he wanteu
anu uo what he wanteu to the giils anu theie weie nevei any consequences foi his
behavioi even though othei boys in the school who attempteu anything similai oi
mimic him weie subject to uetention oi suspension.
Fast foiwaiu to 2u12, I hau two uaughteis in the junioi class at Tieynoi Bigh School
anu it became a fulltime job policing teenageu boys. 0ui family hau been attackeu
twice in yeais pievious with two iapes anu we hau lost oui two fostei uaughteis to
BBS inuepenuent living piogiams. As a fathei, I felt as if I was unuei uaily attack by
the woilu aiounu us; I uiun't know which way to tuin oi whom to tiust, if anyone.
Ny expeiiences hau conuitioneu me to uistiust eveiyone aiounu my chiluien.
0nueistanu, we have so many gieat kius in Tieynoi anu I am so piouu of the young
men anu women aiounu my kius anu how they suppoit each othei anu the values,
woik ethics anu goals they have set foi themselves but theie a few kius that iequiie
moie guiuance than the iest. 0utsiue of oui community though, theie aie veiy uaik
places foi oui young auults. It's not uncommon foi oui family to have 2 oi S times
the kius I think I shoulu have sitting on my couch watching Tv oi sitting aiounu the
table eating uinnei. I woulu iathei have these kius wheie I can see them than to be
out in the uaikness anu uangei fiom the expeiiences I have hau. Some of the
conveisations I have oveiheaiu in oui house about this boy sexually haiassing giils
anu the lockei ioom stoiies that have been iepeateu to me about activities with giils
I founu to be unbelievable because I knew the families anu the giils anu knowing the
histoiy of this boy, I coulu not imagine it was consensual with these giils.
It got seiious when my uaughteis best fiienu staiteu to uistance heiself fiom my
giils. This giil was changing, she wasn't the bubbly happy giil we knew; she was also
the same giil who hau been getting the biunt of the uaily sexual haiassment of this
boy. Ny uaughtei went anu stayeu ovei night with hei one night anu when she came
home the next uay, she was a wieck. Ny uaughtei tolu us how hei best fiienu bioke
uown when she was questioneu why she uiun't want to be best fiienus anymoie anu
why she woulu not text my uaughtei back oi talk to hei. The giil tolu hei the stoiy
of how one night while at home, the boy who she consiueieu somewhat a fiienu but
who was also the boy who is constantly sexually haiassing hei, contacteu hei anu
tolu hei a bunch of fiienus weie meeting at a classmates house just uown the stieet
fiom hei house anu wonueieu if she wanteu to go. Be offeieu to pick hei up. She
saiu she woulu go but she woulu walk ovei to the house. Be pulleu up in his pickup
anu convinceu hei to get in; which leau to hei getting sexually assaulteu anu she hau
not tolu anyone but hei boyfiienu anu my uaughtei. We latei hau my uaughtei
biing hei ovei to the house to tell the stoiy anu tolu hei she hau to tell hei paients.
She was so ieluctant to say anything because she wasn't suppose to be out that night
anu she, as any female who has been assaulteu, felt a veiy low self woith, felt
somehow iesponsible, ashameu, uiity, embaiiasseu anu in shock.
Ny wife anu I saw eveiything in hei we hau pieviously seen in my uaughteis who
hau been iapeu. I was besiue myself with guilt because we knew about the sexual
haiassments at school oui families hau been victims of it foi so long. I shoulu have
uone something but we tiieu again anu again. We tiieu foi neaily 1u yeais. Why
uiun't we put a stop to it. The boys' fathei was the auministiatoi of the school anu
we feaieu iepeicussions foi oui youngei chiluien in school but we shoulu have gone
to the law neveitheless. We felt iesponsible foi not putting a stop to this soonei,
befoie it hau gotten to this point.
!"#$ &'( )"*+ ,-*, )./-,$ /' 0*12 *3+ )"*+ ., */*.3. The boy who hau been teiioiizing
the giils anu sexually haiassing them foi so long hau a fathei who was the piinciple
of the elementaiy school then was piomoteu to auministiatoi of the whole school
system.
Ny wife anu I convinceu the giil she neeueu to tell hei paients. We tolu hei that it
was not hei fault. She hau hei clothes toin anu iippeu off anu thiown out the vehicle
winuow to the giounu, he put his hanu put ovei hei mouth when she tiieu to yell foi
help, foiceu hei to touch his piivates, enueu up with biuises on hei thighs anu
bieast but she felt somehow iesponsible.
While giving statements to the police, my wife, my uaughteis anu I founu out that
this was not the fiist victim of this boy anu theie was concein that theie weie even
moie. Latei, I got a call notifying me that the boy hau been questioneu anu hau
confesseu to assaults on 4 giils anu he hau been aiiesteu. In latei conveisations we
leaineu the boy hau aiiogantly confesseu something to the effect of "Yes, I uiu that
to the giils anu the giils wanteu it". Ny giils anu I felt ielieveu that he hau been
aiiesteu anu felt that theii senioi yeai woulu be fiee of the haiassment anu
auvances eveiyone hau giown accustomeu to in the past. A few uays following his
aiiest, my uaughtei came home fiom summei cheei leauing piactice at the high
school anu saiu the boy was theie anu hau stoou in the uooi of the gym uuiing theii
piactice watching, them foi a peiiou of time. The giils weie all shaken up ovei the
inciuent, especially since one of the victims' youngei sisteis was also a cheeileauei;
they hau all felt uneasy. Latei one of my oluei uaughteis got a text fiom a male
classmate that the boy hau also showeu up at football piactice as if nothing was
wiong.
Woulu any othei stuuent have been alloweu back in the school unsupeiviseu unuei
the ciicumstances oi even let back on school giounus peiiou... It was becoming
appaient that the aiiogance of the auministiation anu his son weie unaffecteu anu
theie was no sense of iegiet oi shame. Shoulu we be suipiiseu aftei so many yeais
of this behavioi. No, piobably not.
Ny wife anu I met with authoiities again, along with my uaughteis, to give
statements of theii expeiiences with this boy anu his behavioi against othei females
that they hau witnesseu. We also complaineu about the boy being on school giounus
anu we weie infoimeu they hau been flooueu with calls because so many involveu
felt this was just a kick in the face of the victims anu theii families. I kept telling my
family anu myself theie is so much eviuence anu he confesseu to the assaults so
theie was no way he woulun't seive time especially since he was tuining 18, finally
oui Tieynoi giils woulu see justice.
0n Septembei 19th, one of my senioi uaughteis anu I went to the Pottawattamie
Couit Bouse foi the sentencing of this boy anu while stanuing outsiue of the
couitioom, the boy anu his paients paiaueu thiough the waiting aiea with theii
lawyei. As the boy passeu families of the victims, my uaughtei anu myself, he tuineu
oui way anu gave us a veiy biief, cieepy smiik.
Piioi to the sentencing, the paities hau ieacheu a tentative plea agieement anu that
the victims families hau uioppeu the kiunapping chaiges in exchange foi not being
tiieu in a juvenile couit. The giils involveu felt that the boy hau been a fiienu anu
they wanteu him to get help anu not spenu his life in jail. At the time of the
sentencing, not one of the victims oi theii paients hau heaiu any type of apology
fiom the boy oi his paients, only public uenial. The paients showeu nothing but
uisgust that the victims weie inteifeiing in theii sons futuie. I thought the victims
giace shoulu be commenueu, especially the way the giils hau been continually
victimizeu by the paients by allowing the boy go on with life as usual, no iestiictions
even aftei he confesseu his immoialities anu guilt to investigatois.
As the sentence heaiing piogiesseu it was obvious the paient's anu theii lawyei hau
no intentions of honoiing any aspect of the tentative plea agieement. The paients
lawyei veibally attackeu the facilitatoi of Sexual Pieuatois tieatment centei while
on the stanu to answei questions about the 2 yeai piogiam that boy was to
paiticipate in as pait of the plea agieement. The victims anu theii families felt it was
impoitant the boy be pait of a stiuctuieu manuatoiy piogiam. The victims families
felt counseling eailiei in life woulu have pieventeu the sexual assaults on theii
uaughteis but the boys paients uenial of a pioblem only enableu anu ieinfoiceu
theii son's behavioi.
The piosecuting attoiney tolu the juuge he hau a victim anu a paient who woulu like
be heaiu by the couit anu auuiess the uefenuant, eveiyone in the couit ioom with
the victims anu the meuia gasp a little when the }uuge iepiimanueu the piosecuting
attoiney foi not cleaily listen to him that he woulu not be listening to any
statements fiom the victims oi theii paients until he (the juuge) hau spoken his
opinion to the uefenuant anu given the uefenuant his sentencing. The juuge seemeu
to enjoy heaiing his own voice as he spoke to the couit anu the meuia about how
spoileu the uefenuant was, how he continueu to victimize the giils with his actions,
anu how his actions hau affecteu eveiyone aiounu him. The juuge then askeu the
uefenuant if he unueistoou the conuitions of his sentencing, if the uefenuant
unueistoou that he woulu be on the iegistiy of sex offenueis foi 1u yeais, that the
uefenuant woulu not be able to live at home with his siblings, he woulu not be able
to go to ball games oi school oi be anywheie the victims woulu be. The juuge saiu
that if the uefenuant was at a place anu one of the victims became piesent he hau to
leave, aftei each example the juuge tolu the uefenuant anu if you uon't, you will go to
jail. The uefenuant stateu that he unueistoou anu agieeu to all conuitions of his
sentence. The meuia anu some in the couitioom weie a little astonisheu when the
juuge tolu the couit he woulu not be in the 2 yeai theiapy piogiam foi sex offenueis
uiscusseu eailiei, he woulu only spenu 1S uays in jail anu woulu also have to iepoit
iegulaily to a paiole officei. At one point, the piosecuting attoiney tiieu to ieminu
the juuge of the oiiginal chaiges of kiunapping anu the seveiity of the oiiginal
chaiges anu the existence of a tentative plea agieement but the juuge uiu not seem
to caie.
Theie weie times thiough the couit pioceeuing when otheis weie talking that the
juuge seem moie inteiesteu in the conuition of his pouium biushing the top with his
hanu ieaiianging books, lining them up, at one point it seemeu he was moving the
books out of the cameia shot. I noticeu at one point, two of the iepoiteis gave each
othei a conceining look as if they weie thinking the same thing I was. When the
}uuge was finisheu with his piouuction, he then alloweu the piosecuting attoiney,
victim anu fathei to speak as if it maue any uiffeience at this point othei than letting
eveiyone know of the injustice that hau just taken place. As the victim anu a fathei
spoke to the couit one female iepoitei was ciying as if she hau some connection of
what the victims went thiough. They spoke of the giils pleauing to the boy not to
iape the them, one victim tiieu to convince the boy not to iape hei by tiying to make
him believe she was having hei peiiou as she set unueineath him with hei clothes
toin off anu shoes tieu togethei so she coulun't iun, as he foiceu hei to touch him.
0ne of them spoke of how they peisonally confionteu the uefenuant's paients aftei
they leaineu of the assault anu theie was no sympathy oi soiiow of theii son's
action. To uate, theie have been no apologies oi public aumittance of theii son's
guilt, which auueu to the victimization of these giils. The victims spoke of how the
giils weie again victimizeu when ietuining to school because the boy biaggeu to the
males of the school about his actions as if it wheie consensual anu the giils weie
lying. She spoke of how then othei male stuuents mimickeu the boy's attituue
towaius hei. 0ne of them spoke of how at least one of the victims was question by
the auministiatoi about the legitimacy of the claims she was making against his son,
uemeaning hei anu veibally victimizing hei again.
As we left the couitioom, the iepoiteis stoou theie in silence when you woulu
expect them to be asking questions. They appeaieu as if they weie witnessing a
funeial anu weie paying iespect to the families by stanuing in silence. Naybe the
iepoiteis weie iethinking eveiything that the fathei hau voiceu, they weie
ieplaying the image of a teachei - coach mentoiing a young boy into the stiong
musculai athlete he was only to have that boy use those muscles anu stiength to
holu his uaughtei uown, iip off hei sweatei anu attempt to iape hei. Naybe they
weie iecalling the pathetic apology of the uefenuant to the victims anu the couit as
he mumbleu a few geneiic woius anu left his heau uown looking at the table without
emotion. Naybe they weie iecalling the two times the juuge, with an expiession of
astonishment, stoppeu messing with his pouium to listen to the victim anu fathei
speak.
While the boy seiveu his shoit sentence, it was iefieshing to have a few weeks of life
without the boy's activities being uiscusseu oi his actions affecting oui lives. To
those that aie familiai with this boy, it was eviuent when he was ieleaseu. Be
seemeu to be showing up eveiywheie he was not suppose to be accoiuing to the
conuitions of his sentence. 0n 0ctobei 8
th
2u1S, my 17-yeai-olu uaughtei ieceiveu
a snap chat viueo fiom a male fiienu who hau giauuateu a yeai eailiei. (A snap chat
viueo is a shoit viueo usually iecoiueu with mobile phone aftei it is watcheu once
by the iecipient it is no longei available). Ny uaughtei's fiienu who was one of the
boys victims was with my uaughtei. The giils thought nothing of ieceiving a snap
chat viueo fiom this fiienu so she openeu the viueo. The giils weie hoiiifieu to see
the boys face that just got out of jail foi assault anu was not to have contact with
minois oi victims what uiu he think he was uoing uiu he want to go to piison. The
boy who just got out of jail was iapping woius anu someone else was holuing the
phone iecoiuing the boy. The giils uiu not catch the fiist woius but as they tuineu
the volume up, they heaiu the last pait of the viueo anu he was speaking of getting
ievenge with those who wiongeu him. The last woius on the viueo weie "I am going
to **** you up" as he pointeu his fingei towaius the iecoiuing cameia.
I notifieu authoiities immeuiately because it was a uefinite thieat anu even moie of
a thieat because my 17 yeai olu uaughtei anu I weie at the sentencing anu he knew
we weie theie suppoiting the victims. 0n an 0ctobei 1u
th
confeience call with the
county attoineys office anu otheis, I expiesseu my total uisgust with the juuicial
system of Pottawattamie County when it came to uealing with sexual offenses
against females. I expiesseu my opinion that it seemeu someone was coaching this
kiu on just how fai he coulu push the law since he useu someone else's phone to
senu this message. It seemeu to me that the paients hau been by his siue on seveial
instances when they stoou on the line of the law. I voiceu that my only wish was that
my uaughteis anu my family coulu go thiough one single week of oui lives without
even iemembeiing he existeu. They assuieu me my uaughteis weie safe because
the boy hau a tiacking uevice on his bouy anu his tiavels weie monitoieu constantly
anu that they too weie wasting valuable iesouices anu time because of this boys
iefusal to iecognize the seconu chance he hau been hanueu by the victims families.
0ne of the county investigatois came anu took my uaughteis statement about the
viueo anu he took the phone as eviuence. Be saiu they intenueu to collect the phone
of the male fiienu that useu it to iecoiu anu senu the snap chat viueo. Two weeks
latei the phone was ietuineu anu the entiie viueo hau been ietiieveu. We weie tolu
it was moie thieating than fiist thought but a hanuful of othei stuuents hau also
ieceiveu it so it wasn't just taigeting my uaughtei.
0n the uay the investigatoi took the phone as eviuence, I spoke with him of my
fiustiation with the boys paients because any time anyone attempteu to get the
paients to uo something about the boy's behavioi weie all met with a sense of
aiiogance, entitlement, supeiioiity, anu uenial. I felt that the attituue caiiieu ovei
into his auministiatoi iole iesulting in silence in the faculty. Nany of us felt the
faculty feaieu theii job secuiity oi ietiibution if they challengeu the issue. That
uays events just ieplicateu anu ieinfoiceu those beliefs. The boy anu his family,
along with theii lawyei, weie back in couit piotesting the conuitions of his
sentencing. I uon't know the outcome but he uiu stait living at home again anu
continues to go to Iowa Westein Community College as a senioi in high school.
Theie aie a lot of questions that neeu be askeu by the public as to how this
happeneu so smoothly foi this boy anu how it is paiu foi.
Citizens, Taxpayeis anu Paients, the school boaiu agenua no longei has a place foi
you to speak. You uo not get to be heaiu without them fiist having up to a month to
piepaie foi oui opinions, uesiies, anu pioblem's. Ny wife anu I attenueu a meeting
with one of oui uaughteis in Becembei; we hau eveiy intention telling the boaiu oui
stoiy. I lookeu ovei the agenua fiont anu back, multiple times, anu I watcheu otheis
uo the same thing in uisbelief. Y00 BAvE L0ST Y00R RIuBTS! The taxpayeis of this
uistiict own Tieynoi Community School it is not piivately owneu by the
auministiatoi!
As taxpayeis, we feel poweiless against out of contiol spenuing, no vehicle to voice
oui opinions on the uiiection of oui school anu futuie spenuing.
As paients, we have exhausteu any hope that the moial ethics of this auministiation
woulu align with ouis anu finally take action to ensuie the behavioi of this now 18
yeai olu boy uoes not continue.
As Citizens, we finu it impossible to caiiy on oui uaily lives anu business without
constantly being ieminueu of the immoialities connecteu with oui school anu oui
community. It is time that we all uemonstiate to suiiounuing communities, the state
of Iowa anu the Niuwest that we ieject the image piojecteu upon us anu have
iemoveu the ioot of the pioblem.
This is just one family's stoiy - oui stoiy, which is only the tip of a veiy laige Icebeig
that thieatens the futuie of oui school anu oui community. 4"'56" ., .# ,.7" ,' ,*2"
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We neeu Su signatuies to senu this issue to the school boaiu. But I have no
intentions of stopping until I feel eveiyone knows the whole stoiy anu has hau a
chance to uemonstiate theii outiage by signing the petition.
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Baiiin Eitmann