SIGN THE PETITION FOR DAVID BOLTE’S RESIGNATION!
CHANGE.ORG LINK BELOW:
DISCLAIMER – I CREATED THIS SITE AS A RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES OF TLS. ALL INFORMATION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED OUR OPINION, BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE NOT BEEN PLEASED WITH THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY FROM CURRENT SCHOOL ADMIN AND LEADERSHIP. THERE SEEMS TO BE A GREAT EFFORT TO KEEP INFORMATION FROM PARENTS AND DISCOURAGE FAMILIES FROM SHARING AND TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP THAT TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 30, 2025.
ALL OF THE INFORMATION BELOW IS NOT SECRET OR NEW TO THE CURRENT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. REQUESTS HAVE BEEN SENT AND LEFT UNANSWERED AND THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
THERE IS ALSO AN OPEN LETTER TO DAVID BOLTE, AMANDA BEAVER AND THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST DISTRICT – LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EVENTS THAT RESULTED IN THE DISMISSAL OF PRIOR ADMINISTRATION AND THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.
DUE TO THE LETTER SENT FROM AMANDA BEAVER ON AUGUST 12, 2025, I HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO CREATE THIS IN ANONYMITY DUE TO THE FEAR OF RETALIATION AGAINST MY FAMILY AND CHILD(REN) ATTENDING TLS. IT HAS BEEN MADE CLEAR THAT RAISING CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE CURRENT ADMIN WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND IF WE DON’T LIKE IT, WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO WITHDRAW. THE LETTER IS BELOW.
JUNE 30, 2025
WHERE IT ALL STARTED. BELOW IS THE LETTER SENT TO FAMILIES FROM DAVE BOLTE. DESPITE WHAT THE LETTER SAYS, AN EMAIL SENT DIRECTLY TO DAVE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED AND NO REPLY WAS RECEIVED.
August 12, 2025
So many events have precipitated this and I feel like this is the best way to disseminate information to those of us parents who have concerns not only about what transpired, but also question if TLS is still the Lutheran school we knew, loved, and wanted for our family. We’re less than a full week into the school year and the answer to that very question is emphatically no for us. But we’re stuck for now. I find myself asking how we’re going to survive this year and shield our chil(ren) from this chaos and complete destruciton of the Christian environment we had.
When our family received this letter at the end of June , we wondered what happened. We weren’t alone as text messages and phone calls from other TLS families followed. As someone from corporate America, it’s obvious Mrs. Rohloff and Mrs. Chapman did not leave on their own accord. This saddened our family for several reasons. As with most of the staff at Trinity, we had a fantastic relationship with Mrs. Rohloff. She showed compassion for our children and was easily approachable. Greeted us every morning with a smile and hug. It’s obvious she loved Trinity and all of the familes and kids. The few times we had questions or issues, she was available to listen to us and discuss a solution. We didn’t have much interaction with Mrs. Chapman besides when we originally toured the school and went through the enrollment process. But the few times we did and during drop-off, she was always kind and a pleasure to deal with. I’ve since found out Mrs. Chapman has been there for 17 years. How in the world do you throw someone out after 17 years? Especially from a Christian Church & School?
It was obvious enrollement was up. Families were happy. Kids were happy. Staff was happy. So what went wrong?
We’ve been at Trinity for more than a few years (keeping it vague so to try and remain anonymous). Last year, we experienced the greatest growth at Trinity, even in the face of the tragedy that impacted the Rohloff family last summer. Our experience was witnessing tremendous faith displayed by a mother who had just lost her oldest child. It impacted the entire campus. It felt like the entirety of TLS grew closer and strengthened their faith in God. I know our family did. To witness Mrs. Rohloff show up every day for the kids and families at Trinity, to put her faith on display and to lead TLS was nothing short of amazing, especialy in the face of grief and loss. We felt the kids and families of TLS rally around her and each other. Exactly what we should do as Christians.
To our family, last year was the best year we had at Trinity. It felt more like home than ever before. Teachers were great! Academics were great! Faith was flowing! God was alive on that campus.
Then, it was all stripped away.
The admin we love was removed.
The school we love was dismantled.
Decisions were made by a “leader” and a board that spent no time on campus and doesn’t know any of the children or families.
Make it make sense.
And all of this 2 weeks shy of the 1 year anniversary from the most tragic event a mother could ever experience?!?
What the heck happened?
I can speak for our family and other families we’ve spoken share the same sentiment: No one was unhappy with the prior administration. So why the drastic change?
Here are all of the questions our family has?
- Why were they let go without talking to the families who pay to attend the school?
- Who made the decision? Was it David Bolte alone?
- Why won’t anyone, including David Bolte reply to any emails? His letter said to reach out with questions and when we have, no response was provided? Same goes for Amanda Beaver. Her lack of leadership makes me question this entire situation.
- How did someone on the board who made the decision to remove Mrs. Rohloff and Mrs. Chapman end up as Dean of Students (Mr. Gross)? Remove someone and then receive a job? We find it reprehensible and extremely questionable. How was this not planned and malicious?
- David Bolte has never been involved in the school. He knows no one on campus. Why does he have any say in the school administration? We’ve attended for years, including church semi-regularly. I’d bet my life he doesn’t know my first or last name, or that of my child(ren).
- Why weren’t families communicated with about all of the changes in administration and staff, including teachers? Was it to prevent us from leaving or making an informed decision with the facts?
- Why did we have to purchase school supplies this year? Why the short notice?
They were always included the last few years. - Why is the Dean of Students also the Athletic Director?
- Why weren’t we told that Mr. Kaehne left the school? Why did he leave? Was it due to the administration choice?
- Why weren’t families told about new teachers and their classroom assignments until BTS (Back To School) night? Did we miss the emails? Or was this another blatant attempt to keep families uninformed by current admin?
- Why aren’t any teachers listed as accredited teachers on the AZ state website? Are they accredited? Please provide proof.
- What happened to the art class / art teacher (Hogan)? She was gone most of last year and parents weren’t informed.
- What about NJHS? Both teachers who were in charge aren’t there anymore.
- Why were changes made to the student handbook just a week before the start of school? Again no communication and transparency from current administration?
- School safety – Why is there a big section of fence missing?
- Who are the members of the school board? Why aren’t they parents who actually attend and have a financial and academic interest in the school? Why is there no transparency?
- Why is there such a focus on dress code? There are much larger issues to address. We don’t need to measure skirts every day or get weekly classroom visits. Communicate with parents not the kids. COMMUNICATE! Seems to be a common issue.
- Chapel – What happened to the modern chapel format that engaged the kids? My child(ren) says chapel is boring. It used to be their favorite time.
- Teachers seem unhappy and unwilling to answer questions about the state of the school and current concerns? Just direct us to admin. Why? It wasn’t like this in the past. Teachers were open and communicative.
- Why can’t parents ask questions of current administration? There was supposed to be a meeting and admin cancelled it. Why?
- Will honors students receive course credit if the teachers aren’t accredited / certified? See question above about teaching credential concerns.
- If TLS can’t afford things as we’ve been told, how can it afford a dean of students? Seems a bit ridiculous a school the size of TLS needs a dean. We never had one before. Or was just a promise / condition for voting to remove prior admin?
- Why can’t parents discuss issues and communicate in the parking lot amongst themselves? Preventing communication doesn’t foster a healthy, Christian environment.
Should we just take this off campus. What don’t they want us to tell each other? - How much of the church expenses are covered by the school? Can we see the school and church budget? I have concerns about the integrity of the financial scope of both the church and school. Where does our tuition money go?
- How can I get on the board? I need an admin job.
- Does it violate any Lutheran church rules to have a husband and wife on the church payroll?
- How do we contact the school district about our concerns, both religious and academic? Who is in charge? Do they have to approve admin changes? Why or why not?
- How do we remove a pastor? Do we need a certain amount of parent votes / support?
What if he’s found to be dishonest? - How do we voice concerns about the safety of our children and quality of their education without fear of retribution now? We can’t speak up at all or we’ll be asked to leave or forced out like the prior administration?
Want to show your support or have questions? Email us: tlsfamilyaz@gmail.com
ROMANS 16: 17-18
I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
PROVERBS 12:22
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
361 responses to “TLS Updates”
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If they just communicated with parents it would resolve most of this.
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I didn’t know some of this information. How did you find about this?
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Where is the broken fence? I haven’t seen it on campus
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By the gym (the back side)
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Anyone know how many families left? Definitely not as many kids as last year.
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I would like to add that Mrs Rohloff ordered school supplies that arrived on campus June 23rd which was returned. Tuition was raised to cover those costs and should still be provided.
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This pretty much sums up the current situation:
Church led by cold, sterile, uncompassionate & self-serving Pastor conducts
hostile takeover of School by summarily dismissing current administration
and installing a similarly cold, sterile, uncompassionate & self-serving
Principal. Unfortunately, this is our new reality. Choice is to accept and deal
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This is bull shit delete it bruh
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Son, does your father know you found the website??!!
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Bruh, what’s bullshit?
Facts:
1. Prior admin was forced out by Bolte and his self appointed board.
2. Board member was then given an administrative position
3. Families are not receiving communication from admin regarding academic concerns
4. Anyone not in complete agreement with the current admin will be retaliated against
5. Families are being told they are not allowed to communicate with each otherCurrent leadership has created an oppressive environment for the children and families of this school.
Communication was withheld purposely so families had no opportunity to make an informed decision before the school year.
This “church” is not reflective of the Lutheran teachings and God.
If families want this school to remain and have any chance of teaching Gods true love, then current leadership must be removed.-
Now Bolte and the administration are removing families to punish the parents for asking questions. Sad days. Our family is making our exit plan and yours should too. My child cried herself to sleep last night after hearing one of her best friends wouldn’t be allowed back to her school. No chance for goodbye, just kicked to the curb like Mrs Rohloff and Mrs Chapman. Disgraceful.
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Unfortunately, the Trinity that we loved has ceased to exist. This is a private school, governed by their CHURCH board, inside of a district that does nothing about parent emails and calls…there is nothing to be done. No amount of pressure, protesting, requests, petitions will change anything except getting you kicked out of the school (as one family already has…). Although other schools have waitlists, please get on them. Please do not hold out hope that things will get better. Walk away as soon as possible.
The Trinity of the past, with Rohloff and Chapman as our captains, will always fill our hearts with happiness, but those days are gone. Please do not cling to something that no longer exists. 💔
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This is only for educational purposes and should do your on research. Whomever created this page, thank you. Considering my children have been removed from school through no fault of their own, I don’t see the point to be anonymous in my comment. First, to the “delete this shit bruh” I hope you never have to hold you child as she bawls uncontrollably because she’s being removed from the school and all her friends of 6 years have attended at 6:30 the night before school. Child or not, fuck you. The alleged and so called pastor bolte (also shit bag, it’s my pet name for him, to clarify for liable reasons he’s not an actual bag of shit. It’s a figurative walking, talking, bag of shit) and gross beaver have ruined this school. They are consumed by power. I would guess they are trying to figure a way to pay the shit bag since the church he runs is in the red. Let’s talk about beaver and how she was mad at her 4yr old son for acting out during Christmas so she returned all of his presents and made him watch his sister open her presents. I don’t even want to get into the character of gross considering he was on the council to remove Mrs Rohloff. This is the type of cold-hearted, manipulative people we are dealing with. The irony of a Christian pastor and school teaching about Jesus and they have become the pharisees. Using the scripture of the Bible to shame parents and justify their behavior and treatment. I hope their 30 pieces of silver was worth it.
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To clarify if anyone was wondering about my children being kicked out. My emails were incredibly professional and not at all insulting like my above comment. Though I meant every word about those three cowards. I’m angry at the pain they caused my children. I will share my two emails with anyone that would like to see it.
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I am just now seeing this page. I hope your child is better and you have found comfort in a new place. It irks Richard to hear all of you struggling. We were there 20 years ago with this exact playbook. Families kicked out, teachers and admin fired. Bolte wins and there is no refuge from it!
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Dollars to donuts Bolte is embezzling money or misappropriating funds.
“Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men[a] nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”
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What’s most disturbing is we have an unGodly man making unGodly decisions for the school and a school district that won’t reply or even acknowledge the families that have reached out.
If the Pacific Southwest District won’t protect the school families from an obvious abuse of power and a rogue church worker, what is their job? Bolte has given employmwnt to the people who he manipulated to vote out the prior administration (Dean of students Gross)
Buttle needs to be fired to save the school. Where’s the district? Why aren’t they protecting the families? Why aren’t they investigating?
If you speak up or question anything, they’ll kick you out of the school? They did it to Vineyards today.
So put on a smile, keep your mouth shut, don’t congregate with other parents.-
This exact scenario happened 20 years ago! So frustrating to hear your exact words resonating with ours so many years ago. We reached out to the Missouri Synod – they sided with Bolte 💯. Parents in fear of talking to each other, yep.. even if it was coordinating a play date, your guilty! I’m so sorry to hear a place either way so many beloved teachers is going through this again.
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Trinity has become an authoritative police state. Filming parents in the parking lot to observe what they are talking about, inviting families with questions to withdraw their children, expelling children for no reason, selective quoting scripture to falsely admonish parents. The administration refuses to meet or speak with anyone. They do not follow their own handbook and change the handbook at will with no notice to the school. The school board is a secret group. They will not release the budget. I can’t see how things will improve from here. Parents and children tip-toe through for fear of reprisal or expulsion. Trinity was a dream school. The dream is over. I do feel bad for the excellent teachers, but at this point they should be standing up for themselves and their students as well. There is no reason to willfully send another dollar to Trinity for this administration to abuse it. Everyone should get out ASAP and let Trinity wither on the vine. You reap what you sow…
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Can we see these emails?
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The ones that got the the kids kicked out?
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As parents, we believe it’s important to stand together to ensure our children’s best interests are protected. The lack of transparency and communication from the current administration has left many of us deeply concerned. We are hopeful that by coming together as a community, we can encourage the necessary changes in leadership and direction that will restore trust, accountability, and stability for our kids and their school.
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I shared your Hope, until the administration removed a dedicated family for asking questions. Not about personnel changes, but about what changes we can expect in the future. Not even expressing displeasure with the changes, just wanting to know where we were headed. In my opinion, no man of God would punish a child for a disagreement with a parent. No moral person would vote for the removal of a principal and then accept a job as dean of students. Trinity’s leadership is off the rails. If Bolte, Beaver and Gross were to leave, there is hope; otherwise, expect more skirt measuring and piano chapels. Godspeed to all who stay, I hope your collective spirit can affect change.
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Even for those of us that are leaving, we still need to demand answers and unite with those who don’t have the option to leave. This is all still fairly new, but the truth will come out in time—they can only hide for so long. This is exactly why families are leaving, and why involvement from leadership like Bolte has been so minimal. His behaviors mirror what we’ve seen in other unhealthy administrations and pastors: distance from the community, lack of accountability, and decisions that put control above the well-being of our children.
We owe it to each other and to our kids to stay connected, to stand together, and to push for change, whether we are staying or moving on. Our kids and us deserve answers. Our kids are torn right now, crying because they are losing the teachers they loved and friendships. They don’t deserve it. Remaining professional when the media shows up is going to get us further. Unity and transparency are the only ways to restore trust and protect this school community.
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All of the parents should be contacting every news station in Arizona! Send them this website! Tell them what is going on! Tell them what Bolte, his wife and administration are doing to this church and school.
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All of the families at Trinity are paying a fortune to be there. More than all the private schools in the area and somehow they are STILL in a crazy amount of debt? Absolutely contact the news! Nothing at ALL about what has happened in the previous 3 months is okay! If they won’t answer the parents questions, maybe they will answer the news and public’s questions.
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Can I ask.. what do we get from our tuition? We pay for the teachers, office staff and utility bills.. but what else comes from it? We are buying our own supplies..they don’t provide lunch.. we buy our uniforms.. there is no transportation budget..they have completely cut funds for everything that goes to our kids and teachers. Where is our money going?
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The school is (was) keeping the church alive. People have left the church in droves. Bolte is taking over the school in order to prop up the church funds and Beaver was only too happy to be his minion.Mrs. Rohloff ran a highly successful school, and he could not handle that. He is a narcissist to the core.
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Sadly, This is the script from a playbook by Bolte 20 years ago! It is so disheartening to hear you all going through this as we did. Yes- news stations, families asking real questions were ostracized and kicked out, teachers fired. We took it to Missouri Synod and somehow Bolte still prevails!
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Rumor has it…..Bolte’s daughter is now on the church payroll…….
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Would not surprise me at all. The LCMS needs to investigate
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We tried this 20 years ago. Missouri Syniod was 💯 with Bolte. I’m sorry for this sad repeat in the TLS history books.
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This is true.
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If you don’t have children currently at Trinity, please post a link to this blog on What’s Good Goodyear, Litchfield Park matters, etc. On Facebook. Get the word out there. Many people have recommended Trinity over the years on those pages and the word needs to get out to the general community as to what Trinity has become and how out of control Bolte is.
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The insta page “thevalleyuncensored” has over 300k followers and is related to a law firm. Someone might consider DM’ing those emails and the link to this page.
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Does anyone know what the tuition agreement is if we pull our student? Just for the current month or did we sign an agreement that we have to pay the full year?
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Per the financial agreement signed:
“ Early Student Withdrawal Penalty: All withdrawals must be in writing addressed to the Principal with disenrollment
date and brief explanation of withdrawal. Following the date of written notice of early student withdrawal, a minimum of the current monthly tuition plus up to three months tuition will be due, starting the first month following said date plus any past due balances. If the above named student can be replaced without financial loss to Trinity, the early withdrawal penalty may be waived. All payments paid up to the date of withdrawal are non-refundable. All tuition payments are considered due and payable unless the withdrawal is in writing prior to the next tuition due date.”However, if they’re experiencing financial difficulties, then I don’t think they could afford an attorney to come after you for additional months’ payments….
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Couldn’t all of us parents file a class action suite together? They have to be violating their own guidelines. AND they are forcing parents out, so to make any family pay months of tuition for leaving is absolutely outrageous!
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ALSO! It is not OUR fault if they are having financial difficulties! It is Bolte, his wife and the new Administration
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I signed the re-enrollment and tuition agreement under the prior administration.
So in my eyes, the current agreement isn’t valid.
When I pull my kids, I pray they bc one after me. Take me to court. I’ll countersue and make it a real issue. Expose all of the corruption. Demand financial statements.
I dare them to test me.
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My suggestion is you send an email to Beaver asking questions about the school and what has gone on,because evidently that gets you thrown out of the school so they couldn’t come after you for tuition!
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I find it interesting that they removed the staff page from the website, disabled Google reviews and Facebook reviews, delete any negative or neutral/honest Facebook comments and posts.
They are trying to censor and silence everything and hide the truth.
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Hey Bolte, I know you’re reading this:
“God can save the sinner you are, but not the saint you pretend to be.” – Anthony Bloom
Resign so we can have our school back.
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Pastor Bolte is the textbook definition of a Narcissist. He is a cold hearted person and doesn’t know how to speak to adults or children. He preaches hate. His wife is an absolute control freak and micro manager. She’s 100% just as terrible of a person as he is. She completely remodeled her office and Bolte’s last year which is amazing since they are so much in debt. I wonder where that money came from..She is a liar and has been caught multiple times lying to staff. Administration is telling people the devil is at work here, he sure is, Bolte and his wife.
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I sent this page anonymously to 12news
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Sign The Petition Demanding Bolte Resign and be investigated!
I’m working on adding it to the top of the website. It won’t go public on Change.org until it reaches 5 signatures. Then it will also be sent to media outlets and email lists.
This doesn’t just impact Trinity. This will impact all Lutheran Schools,, including Valley Lutheran. Losing enrollment or Trinity as a whole which will happen if he doesn’t resign, will force families to other schools, including my family. If things don’t change now, Valley is off the table for our family.
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Signed!
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Will our names be given/shown to the school and church if we sign? I worry about retaliation on my family. I feel this is probably a fear of most parents on here. I think every one of us would sign if our names are protected.
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There is an anonymous option
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Signed
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The petition should also include the current admin
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Agreed
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I walked my family into school today.. I saw so many sad faces. Adults and kids..People who are normally smiling and saying hello.. families crying at their cars before walking their children in. It absolutely broke my heart 💔😔
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As we walk this new reality, please keep God as your focus. While this is heavy on our hearts, please don’t harm the amazing teachers who still remain, teaching and leading in the most amazing way that they always do, even in the eye of this most disgusting storm. If you need to move on, move on. There is a higher judge than anyone here. He will take care of matters in His time. In His way. If you’re unhappy, leave. It’s that simple.
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I don’t think anybody wants to harm the amazing teachers and staff. I think the whole point of this is to also protect them. They are silenced as well, don’t forget. There is absolutely a higher judge, but we are called as Christians to call out other Christians in their sin. Families tried to do that by attempting to get questions answered in a private forum. Emails have been sent. They have been ignored. Therefore, it is time for it to go public.There is evil in what has taken place and I for one, cannot standby and do nothing.
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“As we walk this new reality, please keep God as your focus. While this is heavy on our hearts, please don’t harm the amazing teachers who still remain, teaching and leading in the most amazing way that they always do, even in the eye of this most disgusting storm. If you need to move on, move on. There is a higher judge than anyone here. He will take care of matters in His time. In His way. If you’re unhappy, leave. It’s that simple.”
This sounds like Beaver’s email 🙄 The only people hurting teachers are Beaver, Bolte and Gross. I wonder who posted that comment 🤭🤔
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Unfortunately it doesn’t seem as the district is going to do anything. Families will never get any answers from Bolte, Beaver, or Gross. The only way for something to change would be families pulling their kids to the point it financially affects the school that they have to make changes to survive. As long as parents keep their kids enrolled changes won’t be made.
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The amount of TAX CREDIT info we are getting is border line harassment! It’s on all the fences! We get brochures weekly, we are getting text messages AND emails! I’m done! If you donate, make sure it is for YOUR kid! Otherwise it goes into the pockets of that crazy corrupt church and that pastor!
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I encourage everyone to share your recent experiences and concerns on this website:
https://www.greatschools.org/arizona/litchfield-park/3200-Trinity-Lutheran-School/
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Anyone seen any changes or transparency? We have only seen kids dropping like fly’s in our kids classrooms and still nothing from the school even addressing 5–6 kids leaving.
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And has anybody heard back from the southwest district? Is this even being investigated?
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Nope. They are trying to sweep this all under the rug.
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I encourage everyone to share their recent experiences on any of the online review sites (that are available). Many of them are outdated and don’t reflect the current status/administration.
For instance:
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It seems like a LOT of families are finishing this year out and leaving, if they haven’t already left. Very sad to see the lack of concern from Bolte and administration; children are being affected and his terrible church will fail no matter how hard he tries to cling to it.
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This is exactly why he had to do a takeover on the school. His church is failing. He needed control over the school. Mrs. Rohloff made the school a success and he could not handle that. He’s a narcissist to the core.
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Do NOT donate the tax credits! Are you all overwhelmed by the constant asking?! Every week there are flyers! Text messages! E-mails! Signs on the fences! WE are NOT responsible for Bolte and his WiFE mismanagement of funds! Do NOT donate unless it’s directly to your child! This school is an absolute hot mess! We are leaving after this year! Pastor Bolte and his wife have completely driven this church and school into the ground and are now grasping for straws. They are NOT Christians! Shame on them!!
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Almost ALL of the teachers are leaving after this year! RUN! This was a great school, but no longer is. Do NOT waste your money, it is not going towards you children’s education.
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Proof the teachers are leaving, they just posted “they are hiring teachers”.
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I just learned that Miss Grace resigned today. Good for her for standing up for herself and having a voice against these people.
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I’m so happy for her and what God has in store for her future ❤️
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She gave her notice and then was banned from campus. Not allowed to say goodbye to her kindergarten students. Ask yourself if you want to continue to be part of a school that is that cruel to 5 year olds.
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Make it known that Miss Grace did NOT make the decision to pack up her classroom and leave on Friday. Administration decided that for her and did not allow her to finish out the last week of school before Christmas break with her class.
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Wow!! This absolutely needs to be known! The school is trying to discredit her that “she left”. Everything with this school is a lie! I just can’t anymore! I’ve been a Lutheran my whole life! I have never experienced this ever with the churches I’ve been apart of! I’m done!
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Parents what’s going to happen next year?!
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I’d start looking for other options now. A few families have already made the move to West Valley Christian. Things aren’t looking so great at Trinity.
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Check out West Valley Christian. I have also heard great things about ALA. Start looking now because many schools have a waitlist. Teachers are leaving. Miss Grace did resign, as she has a new teaching position. She was then banned from campus by Beaver and not allowed to say goodbye to her Kindergartners. That is cruel. I feel so bad for her, and her sweet students. It is only going to get worse. Beaver, Bolte and all the administration are on a power trip. I do not want to be a part of a school that allowed any of this.
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I’m sorry families are going through this at the school. No one should treat anyone like that. There just aren’t enough Christian schools around in the west valley. But there are some great public schools. I know it’s not the same and they also have some challenges but they shouldn’t be dismissed all together. Regardless, good luck to the families that are still there!
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Did anyone else see a recent post where Nancy Gilbert called out Trinity and invited people to contact her with questions—on her personal page? That post was shared around Trinity and the husband of the newly appointed head of the early childhood program confronted Nancy after their church service yelled and swore at her. At church!!!! He accosted her at church! These are the people in charge of this school. Where did our amazing faith filled loving school go?
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Trinity admin is aware of an affair between two HSP teachers (both married) and has failed to act. I’m sure this is a violation of the code of conduct for the teachers.
It clearly goes against the values that we as parents are trying to teach our children and expect from a Lutheran school.
This is yet another example of Trinity’s, and specifically David Bolte and Amanda Beaver’s, failure to uphold Christian beliefs and morals.
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Who are the teachers?
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Mr. Toth and Mrs. Langley
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These are speculations?
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Get it right you mean Laney…
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This is a wild accusation to make about someone who has a family and is an upstanding and beloved teacher. This could really damage someone’s reputation and career. This website has become gossip & slander and it’s something I want no part of. These are people’s lives and we can’t just go around making accusations.
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Kelly, understand your concern and while I don’t agree that this information should be posted here it’s been public knowledge on campus for weeks now.
I feel for the family and spouses of those involved. We had the utmost respect for one of the teachers and while sometimes we all have a lapse in judgement actions like this are not ok. Especially at a Christian school where the foundation is in scripture and the Ten Commandments.
The bigger issue at hand is that once again the church and school leaders are failing to act and uphold the rules of the Lutheran Church.
We choose Lutheran education to shelter our children from the chaos and scandals like this. We’re inching closer to an institution without God and faith at its core every single day Bolte and Beaver are in charge.
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Which teacher do we have the respect for??
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Change doesn’t require cruelty. The amount of anger and public bashing over a leadership change at a private Christian school is honestly disappointing. Disagreement is fine—dragging people online is not. If we’re teaching our kids Christian values, maybe it’s time to model them and move forward. I’m genuinely curious how people would feel if this same level of negativity and public bashing showed up on their professional pages,. Would you welcome people posting angry, divisive comments on your business page? Probably not.
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Well, when that Christian school is being dishonest about the previous administration, and other issues within the school, we absolutely have every right to call it out and “bash it” as you say. But don’t worry, I and a lot of other families, are absolutely moving on from the school and their lies and deception. Roll on next year!
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I agree, this public outburst is disappointing. Your response in justifying your poor behavior is hypocrisy at its finest. If you’re so upset, then move on, move on now why wait? It’s been almost an entire school year since the admin change and this website is proof you continue to live an ungodly existence.
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Because my kids love their teachers and we are waiting for a place at another school. It is for the teachers and the teachers only that we stayed this year. They are amazing. The passage of time does not make it more right what Bolte and his board have done. If you believe that time erases the lies that have been said,
and the wrong that has been done. You are very much mistaken.
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Calling out dishonesty, and corruption is not being cruel. It is absolutely being Biblical. The LCMS is sweeping everything under the rug, that 100% is NOT Biblical. Bolte’s last email to us was a bunch of spin and lies. If you believe any of it, you have drunk the Kool-Aid. I pray for so many of the wonderful teachers that are there. I am hoping that they have found something else for next year and get out, like so many of us are doing. The church will drain whatever funds the school brings in. It’s all going down.
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Agree. This is what we saw 20 years ago. I’m so sorry to see it happening again! Parents and church members cried out for help to LCMS and yes, swept under the rug and Bolte prevails! Families and beloved teachers are unfairly affected by his wrath.
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I absolutely agree with the last comment. The school has been dishonest about a lot of things. And I don’t believe anyone is” dragging” people online. There is absolutely some truth to the concerns parents have about staff members and their values. Because it is a Christian school, we should expect teachers and staff to uphold the morals and values they teach our children. Its not a secret, all you need to do is observe. There are a lot great teachers at the school, but sadly I believe many will not return. That too will be telling of how things are really going. All these fundraisers are also an indication of the debt the church, not the school, is in. Trinity currently has the highest tuition in the west valley. We had an increase this year, and had to pay for school supplies when we were told that was included. I predict parents will have to pay for uniforms next year as well.
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So.. is nobody going to talk about the elephant in the room? The glow run next week is being sponsored by the church. Not the school.. so they can take the money. They are asking for $75,000 for this fundraiser!!! That’s insane!! How about you give everyone an itemized breakdown of where all the money is going! I bet you would have people off your backs! And let’s not keep pretending this is for lockers, etc 😂 We know it’s not. The church is dying so fast because nobody likes Bolte, his family or the music. So how about we stop trying to bail them out. We all know them firing prior admin “for mismanagement of funds” is a complete joke! The school was THRIVING!! They keep trying to pass it off in their congregation but everyone knows the truth! Nothing there makes sense. Give us an itemized budget of everything you spend Bolte like every other church and school in this world and we will back off! Show us where all the money is going! Because we know it’s not to the school or kids. So show us! You want people to back off and be on your side, then show everyone the truth! Your whole family is employed there, you have a new sports car and you live in the Wigwam. Your wife has completely redone your office AND hers! Show us where the money is going. That is LITERALLY the only thing we all want to know!!And on top of it, you raised tuition by 1,000 next year saying you are right on track with all the other schools! 😂 Have you looked at all of their tuition?!? You guys are like 3,000-4,000 more than EVERY private school everywhere! And you don’t even give the kids anything at all! No lunch room, no uniforms, no supplies, no art, you took away hsp’s camp field trip, you took away ALL scholarships, you haven’t supplied the teachers with anything, you cut all programs that cost money. You’ve had more fundraisers this year than ever before! Not to mention the overwhelming, almost harassing TSA information! Every week! There are banners, emails, fliers going home! Back off! How is it that all of a sudden now there is no money!! This isn’t just about a change in leadership! This is about an evil dictator taking over to cover HIS downfall!! And he’s putting it on everyone else! That man is a terrible person. God will see him at the gates and he will pay for the terrible things he’s done. He is in NO way a Christian! Or his family! Do NOT donate to the glow run! Buy your kids their own glow in the dark prizes! It’s cheaper! Look at the page, it’s sponsored by the church! They are going to take the money!! If all of you want to stay at this school, that is 100% on you. But know. You are a puppet at this point. It’s ALL lies. It has been since day 1 of this year.
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Thank you for pointing out who is putting on the glow run. I assumed it was the school. When the initial email came out about the glow run, I thought it was a fun run with no strings attached, then followed the paper with info on fundraising prizes. I’m tired of all this fundraising push. And agree, the mismanagement was from Bolte not the previous administration. Mrs. Rohloff was truly the best. She cared for the students and staff, it always showed. I don’t believe for one minute that she had anything to do with the debt they are trying pay off. It’s definitely the church’s debt. And yes, the pastor has a nice little flashy ride too. I attend a community church nearby, but I did attempt to learn about the Lutheran faith and went to the classes Bolte teaches for potential members. I could not believe the things he said said in those classes. He bashed other Christian faiths and pointed everything that was wrong with other churches. I could not believe a person who claims to be so Christian would be so hateful towards others. Ultimately, I completed the classes and never joined as a member. In my opinion, he is not a good person.
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I felt the same!!! After his classes, I felt I had to talk myself down off the ledge. He was awful! He talked so terribly about everyone! I almost couldn’t take it. My family helped me. ❤️
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I already had a home church, but really was interested in the Lutheran faith. I grew up going to non denominational churches my whole life, so I was just curious as to whether this would be the path I wanted for my kids. He ultimately discouraged me from going there. Thankfully, I was already a follower of Christ, but I can only imagine how first time church seekers felt. He definitely fits the negative stereotype people have about us Christians.
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Ugh.. I know.. I grew up my whole life in a MSLC ❤️ And my dad is non denominational. This church is NOTHING like a Lutheran church. People have turned the pastor in multiple times and they won’t do anything. Which makes me think I shouldn’t be Lutheran any more 😞
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Literally. As a graduate from TLS bolte was always awful. I dreaded confirmation classes. I hated when he would do the chapel messages. He doesn’t care about the kids and never has. He’s an evil vile person who thinks of himself as Christ
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They changed the glow run page to say it’s being sponsored by the school now.. 🫣 Backtracking at its finest.
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They changed the page to say it’s being sponsored by the school now.. 🫣 Backtracking at its finest.
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https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f13909.pdf
This organization needs to be turned into the IRS. They need to do a thorough investigation into Bolte and the church.
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This is by far Trinity’s weirdest move yet! Why is Trinity sending cards and cookies to a salon and spa? This doesn’t make any sense. Is it a family business of a child at the school? Are they a major donor that nobody has heard of? So bizarre! I could see if it was a nursing home or a family connected to Trinity but this is so bizarre! Really bad move on whoever came up with that.
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Refer back to the Facebook post from Feb 1st. The one about the students making kindness cards for local businesses. Maybe you should take a lesson from the kids about spreading kindness.
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My family will make sure to reach out and spread kindness to the previous administration that was wrongfully fired because of the pastor’s misdoing and all the families who have left! Send us your addresses! We would love to send you all cards and cookies! You are all missed and loved so much ❤️❤️❤️
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Love this. They want to talk about kindness and love and what they did to the previous ad administration was outrageous and full of lies and unkindness.
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This page will complain about literally anything! How dare the local school take cookies and cards that say Jesus Loves You to surrounding local businesses, shame! I can’t imagine the audacity to share Jesus’ love and kindness in the community.
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Okay… there is always an alternative motive here with this school this year. But feel free to keep telling yourself what you need to. 👍🏼
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Whatever makes yourself feel better getting up in the morning.
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Was the salon and spa idea yours?? Looks like it was 🙈
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Imagine spending this much energy on something you claim to hate. Get a hobby. Touch grass. Or better yet, move on. If it’s so terrible, pull your students and go like the others you’re so fixated on. The anonymous outrage tour is tired.
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Mrs. Lopez, we are going.
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Imagine Mr. Toth and Mrs. Lainey teaching the kids about the 10 commandments while having they are having an affair…….what a joke.
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Hypocrisy at its finest.
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After many efforts, Pacific Southwest seems to finally be acknowledging emails and looking into the leadership. If you’ve written before, I encourage you to resend your story. These teachers are being abused and deserve someone to be their voice. Families treated unfairly. Nothing about this school shows Christian leadership or puts children first. I’ve also reached out to the accrediting bodies listed on Trinity’s website. I encourage all parents to do the same. Leaving or not, these teachers deserve for us to keep fighting.
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Another good family has now become the target of Trinity’s administration and forced to withdraw when they’ve done nothing wrong. Nothing is about the children or Christianity. It is about narcissistic control, power, and greed. Urging every single parent.. if you don’t have a plan to get out. Make it now! Who knows who their next target might be.
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Another amazing teacher resigned today! No one can tell me things are right there behind the scenes!
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Who??
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A 39 year veteran teacher gone. Another reflection of this administration and “pastoral” leadership.
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Mrs. Krieger. Rock star!
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As a parent to a child in her class I am very disappointed she would abandon the kids before school ended. It is very selfish.
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Mrs Krieger is one of the most resilient, strong women we have ever met. The only reason she’s been able to hold on this long is because she loves the kids and cares about the kids. What these teachers are put through is horrific. However, there gets a point where you can no longer stand for the wrong, where your mental health and over all health has to be prioritized. If you can’t see that, you are also a part of the problem.
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You should be asking yourself how has Beaver let things get so bad that teachers can’t even stay for the remainder of the year?!?! First Miss Grace, now Krieger……..who’s next?!
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Whoever made this website is clearly sucking off Heather and Astraea. Imagine worshiping 2 of the worst bitches ever. I bet they are all in on one huge orgy!!
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Let me ask you … if your job was putting your mental health and physical health in jeopardy… would you have continued for 51 more days of school? I doubt it. Teachers have a tough job daily thinking of all the needs of every child in their class. All day, weekends, and every waking hour. If you add admin abuse it will put everyone healthy person over the edge. Those teachers are not sitting at a desk but interacting with their students. It is a tough job!! Be considerate of their mental health instead of judging them.
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Shame on you!! Being selfish! Do you realize what she has been through?? You should stop talking because you have no idea what you are talking about! Mrs. Krieger is an amazing teacher!
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I suggest you ask yourself why a dedicated teacher of many years would resign. Instead of looking at HER and calling her selfish, look at the administration and the toxic environment THEY have created. She is an absolutely amazing and loving teacher. Get a clue and stop drinking the Beaver/Bolte Kool-aid.
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You don’t make it through 39 years of teaching being selfish. As a parent as well, I know this took a lot to get to this decision. Trinity lost an outstanding teacher because the administration and pastor are selfish.
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I would like to personally thank whomever started this website for bringing this truth to light. What happened to the previous posts? Is there a way that they can be restored? As the Pacific Southwest District is looking into what is happening, they serve as a chronological record of things that have occurred.
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There are enough comments that there are 2 pages… look for the 1. 2 and click on them to get the older posts
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I must be blind I don’t see the option for the second page
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If you click on the date from a previous comment, it should bring up an option for page 1 or 2 at the bottom of the comments.
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EVERYTHING at Trinity cost you extra now.. cheerleading.. etc. If you are going to participate or attend this year’s auction, you are absolutely crazy! Praying for you and your family.
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EVERYTHING at Trinity cost you extra now.. cheerleading.. etc. If you are going to participate or attend this year’s auction, you are absolutely crazy! Praying for you and your family.
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Those are public schools. This school has the highest tuition in the West valley and don’t pay for anything for the kids. It’s wild you can’t see that. Where is all the money going?? Not to the kids or families, we know that for sure. If you want to pay money into a crooked church, that is on you. Denial is a real thing.
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They are even making everyone buy their own field day shirts this year! Our family will not be spending $18 a piece on those shirts. That’s crazy!
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As a parent who has been with Trinity for several years, we have always had to pay for field day shirts. However I agree, $18 for a shirt to be worn once isn’t happening.
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If you got the recent email about the golf carts breaking Trinity’s waterline, know that waterlines are buried anywhere from 18 inches to 5 feet below ground. Your golf carts didn’t break anything. Roxanne likes to lie about things to make rules. She’s been doing it forever. Ask anyone that works there. It’s a “unspoken” thing but everyone knows she has a lying problem. For some reason they can’t just say, Hey! We don’t want you to park there. The lying at this place is ridiculous.
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Roxanne lies about everything.
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I’m sorry… at this point I feel like these people are questioning our intelligence. This is narcissistic. Everyone look up gaslighting. What they are doing is by the book. Seriously! I can’t wait for my family to leave this place.
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Oh my gosh! Yes!! They are gaslighting everyone here! It’s heartbreaking!
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Oh my gosh! Yes!! They are gaslighting everyone here! It’s heartbreaking!
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As a parent why don’t you leave now? I would never leave my child somewhere I am so unhappy with. That’s the part I can’t wrap my head around if it’s so awful, why are you still there? You have literally spent your time discussing how awful it is publicly but you stay? If your answer is for your child, wait your child loves it? Also, Not a sheep? Then stand up for that you believe in and leave. Looks like a sheep to me hiding behind a keyboard and still attending a school you dislike so much.
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You do realize every other private school in the west valley has a wait list. And for some families, withdrawal means paying the rest of the year’s tuition and or forfeiting ESA funds because once those are deposited, there’s no transfer option. Trinity does have a contract and it comes with a cost if you decide to transfer mid semester. I think a lot of families are waiting until the year is up to apply elsewhere. I have been so unhappy with this year’s changes, but leaving to go to a public school wasn’t an option. The school has gone downhill, but the teachers are still doing their job, and that is our only blessing. This is our family’s last year. We are done with the non Christian values this school has displayed. The dismissal of long time families and staff tells me they truly don’t care. Trinity is not a family anymore. Families and teachers were told to never step foot in that church by the pastor, can you believe that?! The pastor fired teachers and told them, they were not allowed to attend the church. Pastor is driving people away and he’s the reason why it is struggling. It’s obvious the church is in debt and the school’s main mission has become to recoup those funds. Trinity has the highest paying tuition, yet there are not providing more than the surrounding schools. This page was created to inform parents of the school’s issues. Families can comment on this page to express their frustration, it’s a safe place and common ground for unhappy families.
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This exact scenario happened 20 years ago! Is it a 20 year itch? Admin was replaced, teachers fired, others left, parents banned. Crazy! I’m sorry you all are going through this. I met Mrs. Rohloff loved her and was so excited to send my grandbabies there- until I saw the script from the playbook being recycled!
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If both parents work full time what do you expect them to do with their child? Tough time of the year to switch schools. The teachers will protect the children from the crap!! We have to hang in there until May! Then we are more than out of Trinity.
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We have not left YET to support the teachers and due to the contract plus waiting lists. We absolutely will not be here next year, however. Teachers have already left or have plans to leave plus countless families. You don’t have this that type of plans for a mass exodus without serious concerns of misappropriation of funds, dishonesty and corruption. As someone said above, if you don’t believe all of the above is going on, you really have drunk the Kool-Aid.
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Are there any families here who have received scholarships through Trinity using the tax donations?? I’m genuinely curious. All the families I’ve talked to haven’t received a dime from Trinity to help with tuition but have participated in the double donation days. Are there any of you out there that has actually received help from them? If not, what are they doing with all that money?
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Our family hasn’t received anything from them.
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Any funds received are probably going to Bolte’s failing church and it’s large payroll for him and his equally narcissistic wife.
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None received here, even though it’s pushed every 5 minutes. Also.. stop giving to chapel offering. The Garuna foundation hasn’t received a dime from Trinity.
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Oh my gosh! They are stealing from them too! How do people not see how evil and awful this place has become?? 😭😭
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None. They also promised other scholarships that all of a sudden don’t exist anymore.
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Our amount is very low! Where is it all going?
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Please 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Anyone who reads this. Please don’t “donate” anymore money, tax dollars, or to this ridiculous auction this year. Just wait. If you are on the fence, I get it. But give it a year or two.. if you feel like you are being sucked dry. You aren’t the only one. This is my first time ever posting. But I’m at the point that I feel something is not okay. I talk to friends who have kids at other schools. My kids aren’t getting anything. I’m paying way more than them and my kids can’t even eat in a lunch room or have an art class. I feel like I’ve been lied to and taken advantage of 😭 We are looking for new schools now for next year and we are heartbroken 😞
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I appreciate you posting. Our family feels the same way but I didn’t feel like I could post on here. Thank you for speaking the truth.
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Rumor has it that another family got kicked out recently. Why are so many families getting kicked out?!
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That is so sad. What kind of school does that to kids with a month and a half left in the year. I still can’t understand the people posting on here in favor of this administration and pastor. How are you okay with all the terrible things they are doing? It maybe isn’t impacting your family directly so you just turn a blind eye. Is that being a Christian??
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The same exact thing happened 20 years ago under Bolte’s helm. Families kicked out, teachers and admin let go – it was so hard to leave the school we loved because of some of the beloved teachers there. Looks like a 20 year itch. Despite efforts to ask questions, seek help from the Missouri Synod – Bolte
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**When the Judge Has No Mirror: A Call to Save Our Church**
The church was never meant to be a courthouse.
It was meant to be a refuge — a gathering place for saints and sinners alike, which is to say, a gathering place for all of us. We come broken, we come doubting, we come carrying grief and failure and questions we are afraid to ask out loud. We come because the grace of God is offered freely, not because we have earned it, not because we deserve it, but because of His mercy alone. That is the foundation. That is the mission. That is what makes the church unlike anything else in the world.
When we lose that truth — when we replace grace with control, forgiveness with judgment, and dialogue with expulsion — we no longer have a church. We have an institution. And institutions without grace will always eventually fail the people they were meant to serve.
Ours is failing. And it is time to say so out loud.
**We Are All Saints and Sinners — That Is the Point**
Every person who has ever walked through those doors came as a sinner in need of grace. The pastor. The staff. The families in the pews. The member who asks hard questions. The employee who pushes back. Every single one of us. The church does not exist to gather the already-perfected. It exists because none of us are perfect and all of us need something bigger than ourselves.
When that truth is forgotten — when one person begins to operate as though they alone have the authority to determine who belongs and who doesn’t, who is faithful and who is doing the devil’s work — the entire foundation cracks. Not because we are being unkind to say so. But because it is simply true. No human being gets to be both shepherd and sovereign. That seat is already taken.
**A Pattern That Can No Longer Be Ignored**
This is not about a single misstep. This is not about one difficult decision or one bad day. What has unfolded here is a pattern — and any one of these things alone would warrant deep concern. Piled on top of each other, they tell a story the congregation deserves to hear clearly:
– Staff have been fired and families expelled — people whose children were baptized here, whose vows were blessed here, whose loved ones were buried from this church — dismissed with no conversation, no appeal, no grace. Just “leave and don’t return.”
– Raises have been taken by leadership while the rest of the staff received nothing. Family members have been placed on the payroll.
– emails about parking and dogs — energy spent managing appearances while real people are hurting and real questions go unanswered.
– The school principal was fired before the school year even began. More than twenty students left immediately. Many more families do not plan to return next year. A ministry built to serve children and families — potentially decimated.
– The congregation itself is shrinking. One by one, quietly, people are walking away. Not because they stopped loving this place. Because they no longer feel safe in it.
– Questions exist about the handling of tax credit funds — money entrusted to this institution by families and the state. Questions that deserve transparency, not deflection. A church with nothing to hide opens its books.
– The board, which exists to provide oversight and accountability, has not functioned as an independent check. Governance without independence is not governance at all.
And over all of it, the deepest concern of all — **one person has appointed himself judge and jury over this entire community, while he himself remains completely unchecked.** Every person who raises a concern is wrong. Every employee who is let go deserved it. Every family shown the door should be grateful for the clarity. And yet the one making all of these judgments answers to no one.
That is not shepherding. That is not servant leadership. That is not the model Christ gave us.
**When Church Becomes a Courthouse**
Scripture is clear about the kind of leader a shepherd is called to be. Not lord over the flock, but servant to it. Not one who drives the sheep away, but one who goes after the lost one. Not one who wields spiritual language as a weapon, but one who uses it to heal.
When a church begins to operate like a government institution — where the rules exist to protect the institution, where loyalty to leadership replaces loyalty to Christ, where forgiveness is conditional and belonging must be earned — it stops being a church in any meaningful sense. The form may remain. The building is still there. Services still happen. But the spirit that makes it a place worth gathering has been driven out the same door as the families who were told never to return.
We do not say this with bitterness. We say it with grief. Because this place has meant something real to real people for a long time. The faith formed here, the friendships built here, the sacraments celebrated and the sorrows carried here — that is not nothing. That is everything. And it is worth more than silence.
**Do Not Be the Next One to Quietly Walk Away**
This is the moment that determines what this church will be.
Every person who slips out the back without a word makes it easier for this to continue. Every family that quietly pulls their children from the school, every member who stops showing up without explanation, every employee who accepts their dismissal without appeal — each silent exit is counted as confirmation that everything is fine. That there is nothing to see here. That the shepherd is doing his job.
You are not alone in what you are feeling. The quiet in the pews is not agreement. There are people sitting in those seats every Sunday carrying the same doubts, the same grief, the same love for this place and the same fear about what it is becoming. They need to know you are there.
So here is the call:
**Talk to each other.** Find the people you trust and have the honest conversation. You may be surprised how many feel exactly as you do.
**Document everything.** Dates, words, emails, decisions. A pattern witnessed and recorded by multiple people carries weight that cannot be easily dismissed.
**Put your concerns before the board in writing.** Even if you doubt their independence — make them respond. Create a record that cannot be erased.
**Contact the denomination.** Their authority is limited, but their awareness is not without consequence. Multiple voices reaching that level signals a community crisis, not a personal grievance.
**And if there are genuine questions about finances and tax credit funds — know that those questions have avenues beyond the church board entirely.**
Most of all — **stay.** Not passively. Not silently. But present, engaged, and unwilling to let this place become something it was never meant to be. The church belongs to the people who have given their lives to it, not to the person who currently holds the title.
Grace is still available here. It is available to the pastor, to the board, to every person who has been hurt and every person who has done the hurting. That is the nature of grace — it is not rationed, it is not earned, and it is not the property of one person to withhold from another.
But grace does not mean looking away. Sometimes the most loving thing a community can do is refuse to be silent.
This church is worth fighting for. The mission is worth fighting for. The families who were told to leave and never return — they are worth fighting for.
**Do not walk away. Not yet. Not without being heard.**
*If this reflects your experience, share it. Someone in those pews needs to know they are not alone.*
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That is the complete post. Read through it and tell me if anything needs to be pulled back, sharpened, or if there are details you want added or removed before it goes up.
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Let’s also not forget the immorality of two staff members who are openly having an affair and have yet to be reprimanded by the administration and pastor. Both have made a mockery of their vows and their spouses/young children. It is public knowledge that both are currently going through divorces (coincidentally at the same time). All this while they parade in public together at church on Sunday. Mr. Toth no longer attends Trinity regularly although he is a called worker. What kind of example does this set for our students and families?
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Thank you for sharing such a well thought out message. I share this sentiment and am deeply saddened that our family will be leaving at the end of this school year. Your suggestions on how to navigate this mess are great. I know many from the school have been taking action. I hope this call to action reaches the congregation too and that the necessary changes can be made to preserve the church and school.
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We fought this same fight “judge & jury” looking for our shepherd 20 years ago. Stepping away from this place and fighting for what was right was one of the hardest things I had done as a young parent of TLS and a church member. We asked questions, with no reply only to feel ostracized, we reached out to the Missouri Synod for refuge, somehow they sided with Bolte.
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This just so wrong with the way LCMS handles things or people like Bolte! Now adding Beaver to the mix. Please continue sending emails to the district.
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The district already came and did a visit. They didn’t even talk to the teachers.
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Once again wrong. The district is no help
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Also let’s add that Gross was on the ‘board’ that fired Mrs Rohloff and Mrs Chapman and then was given an administrative job as Dean of Students. That was absolutely a conflict of interest.
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They put up the auction items today… which is interesting because it’s missing the March Madness package and the Kennedy Space Center that they advertised.. did they lie about having those? Please everyone, don’t bid on anything! Do not give this evil church any money! You know that’s where the money will go! Not to your kids! Let the Dee’s and the two other families waste their money on this place. You know the Dee’s will outbid everyone for what they want anyway. Let them get scammed.
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They put up the auction items today… which is interesting because it’s missing the March Madness package and the Kennedy Space Center that they advertised.. did they lie about having those? Please everyone, don’t bid on anything! Do not give this evil church any money! You know that’s where the money will go! Not to your kids! Let the Dee’s and the two other families waste their money on this place. You know the Dee’s will outbid everyone for what they want anyway. Let them get scammed.
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It is pretty bold of you to name another family, but keep yourself anonymous. You have a bitter heart, it’s clear in your comment.
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It’s not me being bitter. Everyone knows what’s going on at Trinity. And I have nothing against the Dee’s! They are a great family! But we all know he will outbid everyone lol
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This post is ridiculous! The auction flyers/ads stated there would be a silent auction and a live auctions. What was posted was the silent auction items. You could bid on the other items at the auction. As for your comment about the Dees family and the other two families, you have no idea what those families do for the teachers and students at Trinity. Many events and activities would not be happening if it wasn’t for the dedication, volunteer time and organizational strategies of these individuals. Furthermore the Dees family is one of the kindest and most giving families. They are overall amazing people and have donated to the school, classes, organizations and individuals for years and never ask for recognition or acknowledgment. I understand you are frustrated with the school but leave the families that volunteer and support the kids and staff out of these posts, they have nothing to do with the way the school is ran or the administration.
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They will not be getting a dime from my family. We have huge issues with how money is spent at this school.
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They won’t be receiving any money from our family either.
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Nor from our family.
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They are asking for coaches for flag football next year… I don’t think you will have any families to play! Everyone I know is leaving. You just don’t know it yet.
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Yeah, all the families I talk to aren’t coming back either. This school is going to drown just like the church. Congratulations Bolte. You are a disease that we all can’t wait to get away from!
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Haha great comment.
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Newsflash, Regina George: it’s been a year. Time to move on.
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😘😘 Oh sweetheart! Nothing has changed in a year! Other than all of our money getting stolen! Don’t worry, we will ALL be leaving soon! I hope you stay at Trinity 😁 They need you as their pawn 😁
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Trinity Lutheran School has been around since the 90s. It was never built around one family or one principal—and it won’t fall apart because of one change.
I know most people here are good people who are upset and truly mean well. But at this point, it’s been a year. This feels less about the kids and more about how the adults are handling the change. Continuing to stir up anger or pressure families to leave doesn’t help anyone—especially the kids.
I really hope this message can stay up, even if it’s not what everyone agrees with. Let’s be praying for the families still there and for the school’s continued success. It’s time to move forward.-
Just because times move forward does NOT mean we ignore the lies, manipulation and misappropriation of funds.
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Nobody has ever said it was built around one principal. The point was and is that the principal who made the school of success was fired under a cloud of lies. If you are happy to have your children be in the presence of people perpetuated those lie lies, that’s your choice. Don’t sweep everything under the rug because you’ve decided enough time has passed🙄
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Hahaha!! Oh my goodness! Maybe YOU are okay being taken advantage of and lied to, but the rest of us aren’t! Feel free to keep your children here and have your money stolen! 😂 Every cult needs a following and you seem perfect for it!
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It’s a bit confusing to follow the argument here. On one hand, you’re saying the school wasn’t built around one principal, but on the other, you’re crediting one principal as the reason for its success. Both can’t really be true at the same time.
Also, if you’ve already decided to leave—and believe many others are too—it raises a fair question: why continue putting so much energy into tearing down a school your family won’t even be part of? Most of us who are staying are focused on our kids, their teachers, and the community we still value.
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You do realize those teachers aren’t planning on bringing there next year, right…and that community you talk about… yeah… that’s going to be gone next year too. All those kids your babies grew up with…gone. The families you have grown to love..gone.. how do people not understand this?! Do you get up everyday with your head in the sand??
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When will this stop? There will be teachers and students at Trinity next year. When do you move on? This isn’t healthy. It’s not effecting you if you’re not apart of the community. At what point did this website turn from an informative platform to an evil hate filled speech?
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Affect* and this isn’t filled with hate speech. This school/church has hurt SO many people!! How are you okay with that?? What kind of person are you?! Not someone I want to know! The people that are Trinity followers ✊🏻 have SERIOUS issues!! We are ALL talking about it!! PLEASE! If you are going to stand on this hill, tell ALL of us what we are missing out on!!!!! You can’t!!! I’m over this!!
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Point made. 🙌🏻 We all want to know the hill you are standing on.. I think it might be more like a cave 🙈
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It’s not going to stop. Not only is what pastor Bolte and his wife is doing is ILLEGALL! But the parents and kids who have been here for years aren’t going to just shut up! And brush this under the rug!! What is going on is so evil and disturbing! The fact that people are SUPPORTING them is crazy!! It says a lot about your character and the person you are!! Shame on you! Remember, you will face God one day!!
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The fact that you are offended by the true statements of the families but not of the actions of the church and school is absolutely crazy to me.
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Some people just don’t get it… you can’t make them understand when they are being taken advantage of. They need to get it on their own. Most of them need to crash and burn before they understand and it’s heartbreaking when it’s people you care about.
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Oh my gosh! They are Stealing from you!!! How do you not get that!! What do you get from the highest paid tuition in the West valley. We’ll wait.. list it out. Tell everyone what we’re paying for. And why we SHOULDN’T leave! Where is all our money going?? Please. Tell us.
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Oh my gosh! They are Stealing from you!!! How do you not get that!! What do you get from the highest paid tuition in the West valley. We’ll wait.. list it out. Tell everyone what we’re paying for. And why we SHOULDN’T leave! Where is all our money going?? Please. Tell us.
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Amanda.. we have all not sent invitations to our children’s birthdays because we don’t want YOU there! It’s heartbreaking because he asks us to come and have playdates and then says, my mom won’t let me. So disgusting! And Gross! I’ve literally healed your daughters crying because all their best friends have left this school! Have you told them?! Have you been honest?? ( I know you haven’t, I’ve talked to them) what kind of person are you?!?! Tell you kids their best friend have left because of YOU! They deserve to know the truth!!! Seeing them cry is heartbreaking 💔
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I wasn’t going to say anything but yeah.. Dr. Beaver have you not noticed your child hasn’t been invited to any boy birthday parties? It’s so sad.
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What’s actually heartbreaking here is seeing adults weaponize children’s emotions to push a narrative. That’s not care, that’s manipulation.
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This is DISGUSTING. Can we please leave people’s children out of this. How is this productive or useful?? Shame.
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Our children are the ones who are being damaged and misused. Trinity Lutheran Church and School needs to be held accountable for the abuse they have inflicted on the families and children who have solely and one million percent trusted in the leadership of this place who pretends to be a religious institution trusting in Christ. You’re being led by a leadership team who has no care or concern for your children, your circumstances, or your heart. Truth is productive and is actionable. Action is power. If you’re moved to action, please do it. The time is now.
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Just shut the fuck up already
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Just shut the fuck up already !
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Amanda.. we have all not sent invitations to our children’s birthdays because we don’t want YOU there! It’s heartbreaking because he asks us to come and have playdates and then says, my mom won’t let me. So disgusting! And Gross! I’ve literally healed your daughters crying because all their best friends have left this school! Have you told them?! Have you been honest?? ( I know you haven’t, I’ve talked to them) what kind of person are you?!?! Tell you kids their best friend have left because of YOU! They deserve to know the truth!!! Seeing them cry is heartbreaking 💔
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These comments are filled with lowlife bitches with no jobs. You guys all peaked in high school. Either fucking leave the school or stop talking shit because you’re looking fucking stupid.
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Do you feel superior using that sort of language as your form of communication? If you’re this upset on a public forum I would hate to see you in person. Though let’s be honest you wouldn’t even have the gall to speak that way in person to others. So be immature and angry that people are posting their opinions but you’re doing the same thing. Just to quote the bible, “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. Matthew 7:3-5
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Exactly so stfu. Show your face? Also it’s “balls” not gall. Learn to spell you stupid prick. I can say what I want as I please. So shut the fuck up already with this stupid ass mother fucking website
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Well somebody needs a word of the day calendar. But here’s the dictionary definition of gall just in case.
“Gall” refers to extreme impudence, audacity, or nerve (e.g., “he had the gall to ask for more”). It also describes bitterness.-
All this time on your hands. Get a job low life!
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Cody stop talking bro. You don’t even go here!
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Whoever made this website is clearly sucking off Heather and Astraea. Imagine worshiping 2 of the worst bitches ever. I bet they are all in on one huge orgy!!
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Dear Pastor Bolte’s daughter,
Your language and anger is a clear demonstration that this leadership is not equipped to bring people closer to Jesus. Your comments are further driving our point.
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Dear stupid bitch,
Silly of you to assume who the fuck I am. For all you know I’m a “concerned parent”. Fuck off.-
Dear cowardly anonymous angry fucktard,
It’s truly pathetic the way you attack parents that pay for tuition to an institution and expect a quality education not an online school. Unlike you (I’m just guessing by you’re passion you’re safe from retaliation because a part of your body is attached to Bolte’s giving you a permanent prescription for pink eye) they didn’t have a option this year for a different school because Dick Bolte fired Astraea in June and all the private schools were full. It’s obvious you’re a true believer of the heretic or so called “pastor” Dick or Dave or douche bag Bolte (don’t know his legal name though I
I would guess the last one is on his birth certificate because he’s a coward). When Bolte fired Astraea he said complete transparency and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. None of that was true. These parents want a voice in the education that they are paying for and anytime a parent asked too many questions their kids were removed.Why don’t you be brave and show people who you really are. Stop posting anonymously and have some “balls” and post your name.
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You are a vile human being and a glowing example as to why so many people are leaving the school.
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Cody stop talking bro. You don’t even go here
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Again anonymous. No name cowards. Now now little child go get your binky from your mommy and let the adults talk. I haven’t commented in months. The vile stuff the moronic pro trinity people say is nasty. They can’t put their name because their kids will be removed.
Go post your name and be brave. You mental midgets are safe from retaliation because your IQ is south of 60 and Bolte, beaver and gross aren’t getting rid of more people smarter than them again. They learned their lesson it seems.
I mean the school is already a dumpster fire with your genius still there and without you the school will definitely fail.
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This is honestly heartbreaking to read. Disagreements between adults should never result in children being excluded. Kids are not part of the conflict—they’re just friends who want to spend time together.
We should be teaching them inclusion, kindness, and grace—not using them to make a point.
The assumption that you know what’s best for every family is unfair. You don’t know what’s going on in someone else’s life or what their child needs. Choosing to stay is a personal decision, and it should be respected just as much as your decision to leave.-
PREACH.
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I have been and still am highly critical of this current administration and we will be leaving. However, I think dragging children into it and taunting about birthday parties is totally uncalled for.
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Eww Cody that’s why you got kicked out
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No. I sent two emails asking for directions and a meeting. I can gladly send you the emails but as you’re anonymous I’m guessing you’re not going to put it here. I’m guessing they lied to you. They told my daughters teacher we decided to leave. And they told other teachers the exact same lie. Let’s talk about the real issue. That it was my was my comment that upset you enough to so bravely comment anonymously. Not the dozens of others throwing out vile comments. This admin has lied from day one. Full stop
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You don’t need to explain yourself to that person or anyone else Cody! We know the truth! We know what they did to you and your family! All their little gremlins are just trying to get under people’s skin because they have nothing better to do!
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They lie about everything. It’s insane.
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It comes from the top down. Roxanne is a pathological liar.. it’s crazy to me that she’s allowed to have any say in this church or school. Even Bolte has caught her in lies! I can tell you the details if you want to know. But even he knows she has issues!
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No. I sent two emails asking for directions and a meeting. I can gladly send you the emails but as you’re anonymous I’m guessing you’re not going to put it here. I’m guessing they lied to you. They told my daughters teacher we decided to leave. And they told other teachers the exact same lie. Let’s talk about the real issue. That it was my was my comment that upset you enough to so bravely comment anonymously. Not the dozens of others throwing out vile comments. This admin has lied from day one. Full stop
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Guess what everyone! We officially have 8.5 days left in this toxic place and then we are all free!!! There is light at the end of the tunnel! You’ll never have to see those terrible people again if you choose not to! We got this!!
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Cody, please share the emails
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lets see if this post the link
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lets try this again. its long FYI
From: Cody vinyard
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 10:31 AM
To: abeaver@trinitylcs.org; jgross@trinitylcs.org; djbolte@trinitylcs.org
Subject: RE: Addressing Ongoing ConcernsAll,
First, I’d like to say that I have absolutely zero concerns and am not worried at all about the abilities and competence of Dr. Beaver and Mr. Gross’s to lead the school forward. This is a nonissue for me and almost every parent that I have spoken with. This was going to be addressed in the cancelled meeting with Jon Leatherwood and myself, not the firing of the Mrs. Rohloff (we may disagree, but understand you have every right to fire her. As stated above, not concerned).
The issue is the direction of the school and the changes that are occurring (even though you are claiming no changes will be happening). The lack of response, shaming, and platitudes I’ve seen in many different emails (many different parents) is alarming. Not one response has even come close to addressing any concerns.
Leadership keeps saying nothing will change, but Pastor Bolte is now more involved (that’s a change). We’ve been going since 2019 and have attended the children’s church events for years. I have never seen Pastor Bolte speak to any parents that just go to the school. I usually see him speaking to people that are regulars of the church. I don’t know any parent that does not go to the church that has any semblance of a relationship with Pastor Bolte. He has never been involved in the day-to-day activities, but now he is.
Don’t take this the wrong way, Pastor Bolte, but I don’t know you from Adam and all I’ve seen since you have started playing a bigger part is more secrets and division. I don’t know if Dr. Beaver and Mr. Gross are getting direction from you to act and say what they have been saying, but I would believe that is the case, as our interactions with Dr. Beaver have always been wonderful. When one of my employees does something wrong, at the end of the day I’m the one taking the blame from the city because I am responsible for the atmosphere and ethics in my company. If you are the Head of the entire church and school, then all this behavior by your subordinates falls on your shoulders.
Hebrews 13:7- “Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.”
Proverbs 11:14- “Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.”You are all missing the point as to why people are upset. Try seeing it from a parent’s perspective. A week before we left for vacation, my wife was at an event for Helping One Woman. Mrs. Rohloff was there and talking about the upcoming school year and was very excited. We left for vacation and a couple of weeks later on June 30, 2025 (still out of town), we get an email informing us of the change in leadership. We were taken aback as I’m sure many were, but we were assured that nothing would change and had faith in the school. At this time, we did not even think of moving our kids out of Trinity. Then childcare was canceled, there was a new handbook, and for the first time since we’ve attended the school, we had to buy school supplies. This is where the lack of communication and open, honest dialog from Pastor Bolte began to sow distrust among the parents and myself. This is where I began to look back and think of the timing of the firing of Mrs. Rohloff. The end of June does not give the parents any time to find a good school with a Christ-centered focus, but earlier notice might have afforded parents time to find another school and the tuition lost could have been huge for the school. This then led me to think about buying our own kids supplies, which lead me to believe money and being in the RED were playing a larger part (again zero communication explaining changes or direction). On the first day of school, Paster Bolte led the chapel (which is his right). The message was Proverbs 9:10 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” I don’t think this message is for children who are just beginning their journey as Christians. Children hear the word “fear of the Lord” and will associate it with fearing someone or something. Also, the music changed. The essence of the joy for the Lord was missing. One of my daughter’s favorite parts of chapel was singing the songs and worshiping through song. This lack of modern worship songs (which these children know and love) combined with a message of “fearing the Lord” made the impression of a sad and depressing atmosphere for the children. This same sentiment was felt by my children and other children and parents as well.
I can speak from my personal experience on being a child in church that was sad and depressing. Boring, depressing church services pulled me away from my faith and I don’t want to see that happen to my children or anyone’s children for that matter. As I’ve gotten older (I wish I made this realization sooner) I realized how wonderful the relationship with Christ is. It gives me a level of trust and invincibility that regardless of what storm is going on/in or around me, I have an anchor in Christ, that nothing will move, and always keep me grounded. Kids don’t need the entire MEAT of the word because they will misinterpret much of the Bible, as explaining some biblical concepts are tough for children to thoroughly digest. Things need to be simplified for them. Have you ever read a children’s Bible to your children? It misses some depth that’s in the Bible but gets the message across. I’m sure the 7th and 8th graders can handle the message, but most of the school will struggle with such deep concepts.
Now to the equally concerning new problems that have come to light in these recent emails and interactions. The absolute hypocrisy and gas-lighting going on in these is emails is appalling. Blaming the parents when all of this started because of the lack of communication and a plan from Pastor Bolte. This entire situation could’ve been avoided if the pastor was more open about what changes were happening and why. For clarification, I am not asking for Bolte to respond to firing Mrs. Rohloff and the details, but a simple, “we are struggling here or shifting direction and Mrs. Rohloff was not the person to lead us and here’s why…” Then going into the new changes and the reason behind them. If it’s financially related or something else, we would have accepted it, and most would have understood and been behind the direction. Now the seeds of distrust have grown because of the secrets and shaming parents from the Leadership team, the church elder board, and Bolte. All you have done is light the fire, throw gasoline on the fire, and blame the parents for the fire.
Mr. Gross, last year when Claire and Paislee went from friends to frenemies (out of nowhere), we didn’t throw out the relationship and encourage the girls to continue being mad or stop being friends. We told her to show kindness and grace (within herself and towards the situation). What happened??? Well tempers went down, our girls worked through the situation, and the issue became a nonissue. I hope our daughters can be a better example of forgiveness and grace then I have seen through this entire situation.
Luke 6:37 – “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.”We pay tuition and correct me if I’m wrong, but that pays the salary for every person working in the school, including Pastor Bolte. You would think this fact alone would give the parents a bit more access to information. We care about the success of Trinity and will do what we can to help where we can. At my company, we share all our project information with all my employees so they understand where we are performing well and where we can improve; they know where we sit every month. For example, when you installed the camera and access control system. I was the one that made it possible for the office to buzz people in after the fact. You got stuck into a system that requires heavy monthly fees, when we could have used a system that has similar upfront cost with no monthly fees and it’s a system you could have used for years with little maintenance. Again, if I would have known I could have helped but we are in the dark about everything. I (other parents have asked) would love to see your budget and expenditures. I and other parents that own businesses could maybe help with other ideas or ways to tighten and save if money is driving this change or a problem at all.
This missing fence is a major issue. I just found out about this two days ago. Our children should not have a temporary fence that any criminal can get through. This again goes to my point above. I own a construction company, and I know another parent that does as well and I’m sure someone else might. We could have stepped in to help or even fixed the issue, but again no communication from Bolte.
A board with parents on it would be preferred, but even a monthly letter indicating changes coming up would be better than nothing.
We have a long history with Trinity. Jessica and I are quite active in the school and are always there for fundraising or any event that helps the school. I think you are severely underestimating the number of parents/tuition looking to leave the school next year if we don’t get some accountability and transparency. Quick math says close to 30 tuition fees (+$ 300,000) and that’s just our small group of parents. I imagine the parents of other age/friend groups are having the same issues and thoughts and that number could double or triple. This is not just isolated to 4th graders and under.
Luke 6:41-42: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
I can speak for many parents when I say none of us want to switch schools. The sense of family we have here is amazing. We truly love and appreciate the school and I feel the trust can be mended.
I would like to ask for a town hall meeting for all the parents to be able to hear and speak to the leadership, anything less than an in-person meeting will not be acceptable. We have moved past nice letters due to your lack of transparency and gas lighting. I hope we can get a meaningful response and begin to heal.
end of first email
second email sent Mon 8/18/2025 2:03 PM.All Again,
I still have not received a response from my email below. I took the time to try and give you an honest perspective from parents. I know not one of you are seeing it from our perspective, especially Mr. Bolte, considering in the entire time we have been going to Trinity we have had zero interaction with him. I believe his views for the school are misguided and are blinded by something, though I’m not sure what. I would like to think that our loyalty to this school, along with the tens of thousands of dollars we’ve paid over the years, would illicit a response from leadership. We really want to feel comfortable re-enrolling our children into Trinity next year and the subsequent years.
Please, reach across the aisle so we can find common ground and a way to move forward for the well-being of our students and school community.
6:30 that day got the email our kids were kicked out.
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i tried a dropbox link but it didnt work. here is the copied text from the first and second email. its long.
From: Cody vinyard
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 10:31 AM
To: abeaver@trinitylcs.org; jgross@trinitylcs.org; djbolte@trinitylcs.org
Subject: RE: Addressing Ongoing ConcernsAll,
First, I’d like to say that I have absolutely zero concerns and am not worried at all about the abilities and competence of Dr. Beaver and Mr. Gross’s to lead the school forward. This is a nonissue for me and almost every parent that I have spoken with. This was going to be addressed in the cancelled meeting with Jon Leatherwood and myself, not the firing of the Mrs. Rohloff (we may disagree, but understand you have every right to fire her. As stated above, not concerned).
The issue is the direction of the school and the changes that are occurring (even though you are claiming no changes will be happening). The lack of response, shaming, and platitudes I’ve seen in many different emails (many different parents) is alarming. Not one response has even come close to addressing any concerns.
Leadership keeps saying nothing will change, but Pastor Bolte is now more involved (that’s a change). We’ve been going since 2019 and have attended the children’s church events for years. I have never seen Pastor Bolte speak to any parents that just go to the school. I usually see him speaking to people that are regulars of the church. I don’t know any parent that does not go to the church that has any semblance of a relationship with Pastor Bolte. He has never been involved in the day-to-day activities, but now he is.
Don’t take this the wrong way, Pastor Bolte, but I don’t know you from Adam and all I’ve seen since you have started playing a bigger part is more secrets and division. I don’t know if Dr. Beaver and Mr. Gross are getting direction from you to act and say what they have been saying, but I would believe that is the case, as our interactions with Dr. Beaver have always been wonderful. When one of my employees does something wrong, at the end of the day I’m the one taking the blame from the city because I am responsible for the atmosphere and ethics in my company. If you are the Head of the entire church and school, then all this behavior by your subordinates falls on your shoulders.
Hebrews 13:7- “Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.”
Proverbs 11:14- “Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.”You are all missing the point as to why people are upset. Try seeing it from a parent’s perspective. A week before we left for vacation, my wife was at an event for Helping One Woman. Mrs. Rohloff was there and talking about the upcoming school year and was very excited. We left for vacation and a couple of weeks later on June 30, 2025 (still out of town), we get an email informing us of the change in leadership. We were taken aback as I’m sure many were, but we were assured that nothing would change and had faith in the school. At this time, we did not even think of moving our kids out of Trinity. Then childcare was canceled, there was a new handbook, and for the first time since we’ve attended the school, we had to buy school supplies. This is where the lack of communication and open, honest dialog from Pastor Bolte began to sow distrust among the parents and myself. This is where I began to look back and think of the timing of the firing of Mrs. Rohloff. The end of June does not give the parents any time to find a good school with a Christ-centered focus, but earlier notice might have afforded parents time to find another school and the tuition lost could have been huge for the school. This then led me to think about buying our own kids supplies, which lead me to believe money and being in the RED were playing a larger part (again zero communication explaining changes or direction). On the first day of school, Paster Bolte led the chapel (which is his right). The message was Proverbs 9:10 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” I don’t think this message is for children who are just beginning their journey as Christians. Children hear the word “fear of the Lord” and will associate it with fearing someone or something. Also, the music changed. The essence of the joy for the Lord was missing. One of my daughter’s favorite parts of chapel was singing the songs and worshiping through song. This lack of modern worship songs (which these children know and love) combined with a message of “fearing the Lord” made the impression of a sad and depressing atmosphere for the children. This same sentiment was felt by my children and other children and parents as well.
I can speak from my personal experience on being a child in church that was sad and depressing. Boring, depressing church services pulled me away from my faith and I don’t want to see that happen to my children or anyone’s children for that matter. As I’ve gotten older (I wish I made this realization sooner) I realized how wonderful the relationship with Christ is. It gives me a level of trust and invincibility that regardless of what storm is going on/in or around me, I have an anchor in Christ, that nothing will move, and always keep me grounded. Kids don’t need the entire MEAT of the word because they will misinterpret much of the Bible, as explaining some biblical concepts are tough for children to thoroughly digest. Things need to be simplified for them. Have you ever read a children’s Bible to your children? It misses some depth that’s in the Bible but gets the message across. I’m sure the 7th and 8th graders can handle the message, but most of the school will struggle with such deep concepts.
Now to the equally concerning new problems that have come to light in these recent emails and interactions. The absolute hypocrisy and gas-lighting going on in these is emails is appalling. Blaming the parents when all of this started because of the lack of communication and a plan from Pastor Bolte. This entire situation could’ve been avoided if the pastor was more open about what changes were happening and why. For clarification, I am not asking for Bolte to respond to firing Mrs. Rohloff and the details, but a simple, “we are struggling here or shifting direction and Mrs. Rohloff was not the person to lead us and here’s why…” Then going into the new changes and the reason behind them. If it’s financially related or something else, we would have accepted it, and most would have understood and been behind the direction. Now the seeds of distrust have grown because of the secrets and shaming parents from the Leadership team, the church elder board, and Bolte. All you have done is light the fire, throw gasoline on the fire, and blame the parents for the fire.
Mr. Gross, last year when Claire and Paislee went from friends to frenemies (out of nowhere), we didn’t throw out the relationship and encourage the girls to continue being mad or stop being friends. We told her to show kindness and grace (within herself and towards the situation). What happened??? Well tempers went down, our girls worked through the situation, and the issue became a nonissue. I hope our daughters can be a better example of forgiveness and grace then I have seen through this entire situation.
Luke 6:37 – “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.”We pay tuition and correct me if I’m wrong, but that pays the salary for every person working in the school, including Pastor Bolte. You would think this fact alone would give the parents a bit more access to information. We care about the success of Trinity and will do what we can to help where we can. At my company, we share all our project information with all my employees so they understand where we are performing well and where we can improve; they know where we sit every month. For example, when you installed the camera and access control system. I was the one that made it possible for the office to buzz people in after the fact. You got stuck into a system that requires heavy monthly fees, when we could have used a system that has similar upfront cost with no monthly fees and it’s a system you could have used for years with little maintenance. Again, if I would have known I could have helped but we are in the dark about everything. I (other parents have asked) would love to see your budget and expenditures. I and other parents that own businesses could maybe help with other ideas or ways to tighten and save if money is driving this change or a problem at all.
This missing fence is a major issue. I just found out about this two days ago. Our children should not have a temporary fence that any criminal can get through. This again goes to my point above. I own a construction company, and I know another parent that does as well and I’m sure someone else might. We could have stepped in to help or even fixed the issue, but again no communication from Bolte.
A board with parents on it would be preferred, but even a monthly letter indicating changes coming up would be better than nothing.
We have a long history with Trinity. Jessica and I are quite active in the school and are always there for fundraising or any event that helps the school. I think you are severely underestimating the number of parents/tuition looking to leave the school next year if we don’t get some accountability and transparency. Quick math says close to 30 tuition fees (+$ 300,000) and that’s just our small group of parents. I imagine the parents of other age/friend groups are having the same issues and thoughts and that number could double or triple. This is not just isolated to 4th graders and under.
Luke 6:41-42: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
I can speak for many parents when I say none of us want to switch schools. The sense of family we have here is amazing. We truly love and appreciate the school and I feel the trust can be mended.
I would like to ask for a town hall meeting for all the parents to be able to hear and speak to the leadership, anything less than an in-person meeting will not be acceptable. We have moved past nice letters due to your lack of transparency and gas lighting. I hope we can get a meaningful response and begin to heal.
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send email sent Mon 8/18/2025 2:03 PM FYI 6:30 PM same day got the email our kids were kicked out.All Again,
I still have not received a response from my email below. I took the time to try and give you an honest perspective from parents. I know not one of you are seeing it from our perspective, especially Mr. Bolte, considering in the entire time we have been going to Trinity we have had zero interaction with him. I believe his views for the school are misguided and are blinded by something, though I’m not sure what. I would like to think that our loyalty to this school, along with the tens of thousands of dollars we’ve paid over the years, would illicit a response from leadership. We really want to feel comfortable re-enrolling our children into Trinity next year and the subsequent years.
Please, reach across the aisle so we can find common ground and a way to move forward for the well-being of our students and school community
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First email
From: Cody vinyard
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 10:31 AM
To: (beaver gross and bolte)
Subject: RE: Addressing Ongoing ConcernsAll,
First, I’d like to say that I have absolutely zero concerns and am not worried at all about the abilities and competence of Dr. Beaver and Mr. Gross’s to lead the school forward. This is a nonissue for me and almost every parent that I have spoken with. This was going to be addressed in the cancelled meeting with Jon Leatherwood and myself, not the firing of the Mrs. Rohloff (we may disagree, but understand you have every right to fire her. As stated above, not concerned).
The issue is the direction of the school and the changes that are occurring (even though you are claiming no changes will be happening). The lack of response, shaming, and platitudes I’ve seen in many different emails (many different parents) is alarming. Not one response has even come close to addressing any concerns.
Leadership keeps saying nothing will change, but Pastor Bolte is now more involved (that’s a change). We’ve been going since 2019 and have attended the children’s church events for years. I have never seen Pastor Bolte speak to any parents that just go to the school. I usually see him speaking to people that are regulars of the church. I don’t know any parent that does not go to the church that has any semblance of a relationship with Pastor Bolte. He has never been involved in the day-to-day activities, but now he is.
Don’t take this the wrong way, Pastor Bolte, but I don’t know you from Adam and all I’ve seen since you have started playing a bigger part is more secrets and division. I don’t know if Dr. Beaver and Mr. Gross are getting direction from you to act and say what they have been saying, but I would believe that is the case, as our interactions with Dr. Beaver have always been wonderful. When one of my employees does something wrong, at the end of the day I’m the one taking the blame from the city because I am responsible for the atmosphere and ethics in my company. If you are the Head of the entire church and school, then all this behavior by your subordinates falls on your shoulders.
Hebrews 13:7- “Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.”
Proverbs 11:14- “Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.”You are all missing the point as to why people are upset. Try seeing it from a parent’s perspective. A week before we left for vacation, my wife was at an event for Helping One Woman. Mrs. Rohloff was there and talking about the upcoming school year and was very excited. We left for vacation and a couple of weeks later on June 30, 2025 (still out of town), we get an email informing us of the change in leadership. We were taken aback as I’m sure many were, but we were assured that nothing would change and had faith in the school. At this time, we did not even think of moving our kids out of Trinity. Then childcare was canceled, there was a new handbook, and for the first time since we’ve attended the school, we had to buy school supplies. This is where the lack of communication and open, honest dialog from Pastor Bolte began to sow distrust among the parents and myself. This is where I began to look back and think of the timing of the firing of Mrs. Rohloff. The end of June does not give the parents any time to find a good school with a Christ-centered focus, but earlier notice might have afforded parents time to find another school and the tuition lost could have been huge for the school. This then led me to think about buying our own kids supplies, which lead me to believe money and being in the RED were playing a larger part (again zero communication explaining changes or direction). On the first day of school, Paster Bolte led the chapel (which is his right). The message was Proverbs 9:10 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” I don’t think this message is for children who are just beginning their journey as Christians. Children hear the word “fear of the Lord” and will associate it with fearing someone or something. Also, the music changed. The essence of the joy for the Lord was missing. One of my daughter’s favorite parts of chapel was singing the songs and worshiping through song. This lack of modern worship songs (which these children know and love) combined with a message of “fearing the Lord” made the impression of a sad and depressing atmosphere for the children. This same sentiment was felt by my children and other children and parents as well.
I can speak from my personal experience on being a child in church that was sad and depressing. Boring, depressing church services pulled me away from my faith and I don’t want to see that happen to my children or anyone’s children for that matter. As I’ve gotten older (I wish I made this realization sooner) I realized how wonderful the relationship with Christ is. It gives me a level of trust and invincibility that regardless of what storm is going on/in or around me, I have an anchor in Christ, that nothing will move, and always keep me grounded. Kids don’t need the entire MEAT of the word because they will misinterpret much of the Bible, as explaining some biblical concepts are tough for children to thoroughly digest. Things need to be simplified for them. Have you ever read a children’s Bible to your children? It misses some depth that’s in the Bible but gets the message across. I’m sure the 7th and 8th graders can handle the message, but most of the school will struggle with such deep concepts.
Now to the equally concerning new problems that have come to light in these recent emails and interactions. The absolute hypocrisy and gas-lighting going on in these is emails is appalling. Blaming the parents when all of this started because of the lack of communication and a plan from Pastor Bolte. This entire situation could’ve been avoided if the pastor was more open about what changes were happening and why. For clarification, I am not asking for Bolte to respond to firing Mrs. Rohloff and the details, but a simple, “we are struggling here or shifting direction and Mrs. Rohloff was not the person to lead us and here’s why…” Then going into the new changes and the reason behind them. If it’s financially related or something else, we would have accepted it, and most would have understood and been behind the direction. Now the seeds of distrust have grown because of the secrets and shaming parents from the Leadership team, the church elder board, and Bolte. All you have done is light the fire, throw gasoline on the fire, and blame the parents for the fire.
Mr. Gross, last year when Claire and Paislee went from friends to frenemies (out of nowhere), we didn’t throw out the relationship and encourage the girls to continue being mad or stop being friends. We told her to show kindness and grace (within herself and towards the situation). What happened??? Well tempers went down, our girls worked through the situation, and the issue became a nonissue. I hope our daughters can be a better example of forgiveness and grace then I have seen through this entire situation.
Luke 6:37 – “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.”We pay tuition and correct me if I’m wrong, but that pays the salary for every person working in the school, including Pastor Bolte. You would think this fact alone would give the parents a bit more access to information. We care about the success of Trinity and will do what we can to help where we can. At my company, we share all our project information with all my employees so they understand where we are performing well and where we can improve; they know where we sit every month. For example, when you installed the camera and access control system. I was the one that made it possible for the office to buzz people in after the fact. You got stuck into a system that requires heavy monthly fees, when we could have used a system that has similar upfront cost with no monthly fees and it’s a system you could have used for years with little maintenance. Again, if I would have known I could have helped but we are in the dark about everything. I (other parents have asked) would love to see your budget and expenditures. I and other parents that own businesses could maybe help with other ideas or ways to tighten and save if money is driving this change or a problem at all.
This missing fence is a major issue. I just found out about this two days ago. Our children should not have a temporary fence that any criminal can get through. This again goes to my point above. I own a construction company, and I know another parent that does as well and I’m sure someone else might. We could have stepped in to help or even fixed the issue, but again no communication from Bolte.
A board with parents on it would be preferred, but even a monthly letter indicating changes coming up would be better than nothing.
We have a long history with Trinity. Jessica and I are quite active in the school and are always there for fundraising or any event that helps the school. I think you are severely underestimating the number of parents/tuition looking to leave the school next year if we don’t get some accountability and transparency. Quick math says close to 30 tuition fees (+$ 300,000) and that’s just our small group of parents. I imagine the parents of other age/friend groups are having the same issues and thoughts and that number could double or triple. This is not just isolated to 4th graders and under.
Luke 6:41-42: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
I can speak for many parents when I say none of us want to switch schools. The sense of family we have here is amazing. We truly love and appreciate the school and I feel the trust can be mended.
I would like to ask for a town hall meeting for all the parents to be able to hear and speak to the leadership, anything less than an in-person meeting will not be acceptable. We have moved past nice letters due to your lack of transparency and gas lighting. I hope we can get a meaningful response and begin to heal.
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Second email sent Mon 8/18/2025 2:03 PM
6:30PM we were told our kids were kick out.All Again,
I still have not received a response from my email below. I took the time to try and give you an honest perspective from parents. I know not one of you are seeing it from our perspective, especially Mr. Bolte, considering in the entire time we have been going to Trinity we have had zero interaction with him. I believe his views for the school are misguided and are blinded by something, though I’m not sure what. I would like to think that our loyalty to this school, along with the tens of thousands of dollars we’ve paid over the years, would illicit a response from leadership. We really want to feel comfortable re-enrolling our children into Trinity next year and the subsequent years.
Please, reach across the aisle so we can find common ground and a way to move forward for the well-being of our students and school community.
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WOW!! I mean Cody, I have always been on your side and kept in contact with your family, this just solidified it! I just have to say, even though this family has been completely screwed, they never spoke bad about Trinity to people outside of this! I would have! They have a lot more class than me! I just can’t wrap my head around people supporting this school, church and administration. I’m sorry. If you stay at Trinity, I want NOTHING to do with you! That’s families, kids and teachers! You know better. If you stay, you are sticking your head in the sand. Just to get through it. As a Christian , I refuse to “stick it out”. I will not subject my family to this place any longer!
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Everyone who stays at Trinity are complete cowards! All the parents talk! You just are too afraid to leave! Eww! Stand up for yourself and your family!
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Word is a bunch of teachers got pink slipped. I’m sorry people are losing their jobs but the mass exodus has begun. I am not surprised at all. Enrollment is down and will continue to go down. You reap what you sow.
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Let me start by saying I pray that nobody would ever intentionally leave a child out just because they don’t agree with something a parent said or did. I truly hope no child ever has to feel excluded because of adult disagreements, because what goes around comes around.
Another thing I want to say is that instead of getting angry at families who are staying at Trinity, maybe pray for them. Not everybody has the luxury of working from home or being a stay-at-home parent. And while being a stay-at-home parent is absolutely one of the hardest jobs out there, it still isn’t an option for every family.
So what’s the alternative? Sending kids to overcrowded schools where there are 38 students in a classroom? A place where even things like the talent show become competitive and stressful? Life is not always black and white, and every family is doing the best they can with the circumstances they have.
What’s most disappointing is this mindset of “if you don’t do things my way, then I’m going to judge you, talk badly about you, or treat your family differently.” That kind of behavior helps no one. We should be better than this. We should be showing grace, understanding, and compassion — especially when children are involved.-
Most families are switching to West Valley Christian. It’s quite a bit cheaper, they cap their classes at 20, they offer a fuller range of electives such as music, art, library, Spanish, pe, and technology, they offer many after school clubs, do trips like jr high Washington DC, and have a new principle that the students and parents love. He goes out and plays football with the kids during recess and the mood on campus is so upbeat. It’s not wrong to stay but there are more options than just homeschool or public.
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Any parents currently at West Valley Christian? What other amenities do they offer? Is there a cafeteria? How is the curriculum and homework? We’ve been curious about it.
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I have heard mixed reviews. We know a lot of families to go there. They do have a Wednesday chapel which is nice.
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Chiming in to say – I have 3 friends who have been at West Valley Christian for years. Two of them have left already, the third is leaving at the end of this year.
Lots of not so great stuff has happened there in the past few years as well. And while I can’t speak to their specific programs, I do know the academic success of their students is severely lacking. Look up their national test scores…it’s not great. (Comparatively, this year my daughter’s class at TLS ranked ABOVE national averages on the MAP testing!)
No school is perfect – and every school has its ups and downs, leadership comes and goes. It’s the nature of education as a whole unfortunately.
This is our first year with TLS. It has been amazing, despite what many of you have experienced. My kids have absolutely loved it and found all the teachers to be kind, supportive leaders.
Will definitely be praying for our friends who are leaving – as well as the future of the school and the mission is (still hopefully) stands for.
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The teachers aren’t the problem at Trinity. The pastor, his wife, the principal and Dean of Students are the problem. I understand if you weren’t there last year and you don’t know what kind of place it was, but the teachers absolutely made it through for their students and families this year. However, it will be a different story next year.
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Thank you for this!
We know this year was a change but love the community. I have heard a lot of teachers are staying despite what is said on this page.
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Three teachers have left already, two more have put in their notice, and at least two more are seriously looking elsewhere all due to issues with the current leadership.
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False.
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How can you say false? It’s absolutely true.
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True.
Of course the current administration is not going to be honest with you. They have a sinking ship and don’t want to advertise that. Don’t forget you already had amazing teachers like Koehne, Grace and Krieger already leave because of the lies and deception of this current administration.
Verified current count of staff departing:
Lead Teachers: 4
Support Staff: 1
Preschool Assistants: All let go
Preschool Director: Title removed and heading back to the classroomWith more to come who are looking to leave.
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😭😭😭😭😭😭 I wanted my baby to go there till 8th grade! I’m so sad we had to take them out! 😭😭
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You don’t know what you are talking about by saying false. It is not my place to say who is leaving but you will find out soon as both enrollment drop and so do so many amazing teachers. The loving school environment that once was is now gone by the leadership of this school in just one year. Good luck if you stay! I am so thankful for my kids and myself we are out. Our mental health and positive academics will be so much better.
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Several teachers are not returning by choice and a some aren’t returning because their positions were no longer needed. A total of 6 will be gone as of now.
Its truly sad to see what is happening at Trinity, but I am not surprised. I will be very surprised if this school survives another 3 years. The decline is happening fast and everything they’ve tried to do to “make it better” has failed. I don’t blame the teachers, nor the new admins. This all falls on Pastor and the principal. Those who still continue to support them will realize sooner than later that the students’ well being was never a priority. Pastor is trying to use the school to save the church but all the decisions have done more damage. Several families are leaving and more will leave once they discover who is not coming back.
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To those leaving, I wish you luck. I hope you find a situation that fits your family. As for me, Trinity is a great school. I truly do not understand why everyone keeps saying things are bad. Why are things so bad? Because the school had a change in leadership in which you were not given specific confidential details about the employee’s performance? Go to any business, this is standard. If you were the employee being let go you wouldn’t want your private information shared, especially if it did not paint you in a good light. The school acted very honorable in being as transparent as possible by also respecting the dignity of others. Just because you pay tuition does not now make you the owner. That’s like going into a store, making a purchase and then demanding the business tell you the ends and out of everything of the business. Completely wrong.
Or is it because you don’t like traditional worship. Is this really so bad that you are this upset?
Was the school supplies really that big of a deal? Like every other school doesn’t require this? This really have you upset?
Or is it because a parent was asked to leave after becoming over the top aggressive harassing administration demanding information they are not entitled to while attempting a coup in the parking lots?
Or maybe it’s the, hey please don’t drive gold carts through the landscapes? Please leave your dogs at home and not bring them to the school.
These are the reasons I have read on this blog that people are upset about. Man if true, I am truly blessed that this is the only “bad things” going on at my kids school. What an absolute blessing.
There are so many baseless claims being put out on this form to include making claims about money being taken for the church, etc. You have zero evidence to support these claims. Just throwing out wild conspiracy theories that to me, are slander.
Then, to attack the principal, a woman who took a job clearly on short notice and executed at a amazing level. She treated everyone with dignity and respect. She has proven to be a good leader and most importantly, a follower of Jesus. The fruit of her works are clear. Then I see people taking it out on her kids all because she took a job? That’s just flat out disgusting. If you’re unhappy then I’m glad you’re making decisions to change that. However, trying to bash and tear down a school that continues to serve so many kids is just wrong. By doing so you are not just attacking the school, you’re attacking our children that attend so just please stop. How would you like it if the school you choose to move your kids to and love people come in and attack it trying to destroy it? So you don’t like the pastor, ok. You have the freedom to leave. That is not a good reason to try and destroy relationships for everyone else spreading claims that you have zero evidence to support. The dean, what did he do to anyone? You just don’t like him because he took a job? Ok wow, great reason to show this level of disrespect.
All in all it was another great year. My kids were loved and received a high quality education. Thanks to Trinity they did not have to go to public school where all kinds of inappropriate things are taught to children. I am thankful for Trinity and the staff, present and future. I’m excited for next year. A year where hopefully all of this negativity is over. Good luck to everyone. Have a safe summer. To those coming back can’t wait to see you all again as our kids learn and grow. To those leaving, good luck. I hope you don’t become this toxic if you don’t get your way and try and hurt another school. As for Trinity, it is in the Lord’s hands. I’m confident He will continue to bless this school.
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You mean the dean that took the job after he was on the church board that voted to fire the principal? Is that the same dean we are talking about??
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Yes – no conflict of interest there! This person is clearly delusional and has drunk all the Kool-aid bought inyo all of the lies.
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You either live under a rock or are a part of the regime. This post is more gaslighting and blame-shifting. Did you ever attend chapel last year? If you saw how much the kids enjoyed the modern chapel, this traditional chapel doesn’t hold a candle to it. The students were so full of joy, worshiping the Lord. There’s actual proof that school supplies were purchased and returned last year. Now why would that be? Does that make any sense to you? What would the point of that be if not financial reasons?
I’m sure Bolte made something up about why Rohloff and Chapman were let go. Thanks to him having no checks and balances, he could’ve made up anything. Who was on the committee that decided to let them go? Who do you think that board answers to?
Have you even met Rohloff and Chapman? Had a conversation with them? Do you know how transparent Rohloff was when it came to dealing with parents? New admin avoided parents like the plague. They had patsies run interference while they hid in their offices.
If you can’t see through the BS they are feeding you, I guess you fit right in. What person, much less a pastor, bans a 20 year congregant from attending church? Have you ever questioned why Bolte has done all of this in the dark? Proverbs 4:19- “The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.” There is a darkness creeping in. Condemning parents that stand up for being silenced? If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. Seems like they’ve brainwashed you into another unquestioning sheep.
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If you fall for anything, you don’t stand for something.
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You really don’t know what is going on… good luck staying
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Many followed hitler.. we all know how that ended.
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Here’s the thing. The teachers have done what they always do. Served their calling. Showing up everyday to pour into each student. These same teachers will not be there next year. Why? Because of the leader the Pastor who is scared and making decisions from a place of desperation and disregard for his own calling to shepherd. A shepherd doesn’t arbitrarily tell his flock to leave and never comeback.Until he is gone Trinity will continue to decline. You make like it now. But wait till you get in Bolte’s cross hairs. You may not have experienced it yet. But when you do…
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Let’s be very CLEAR Beaver has NOT treated people with respect and godliness actions! I’ve seen her talk to parents and staff in ways that are her own power trip! She’s the one who planned this takeover. People were not asking the details about the past admin they wanted to get their questions answered about things for this year! Let’s keep twisting the story to make it seem like admin did nothing wrong! Jokes on them and whoever believes them. I’ve seen admin hide from parents and sneak away to avoid people! They judge before even hearing questions of parents!
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Say it louder for the kool aid drinkers
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Mrs Measel was let go this morning. A teacher who was committed to this school and attended as a student herself for 9 years.
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So was Schaus.
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Wow! And both were Trinity students themselves! So sad.
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Heartbreaking!
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Three teachers were let go today. Absolutely devastating to do on the last day of school, before the school day was over.
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Who are the teachers?
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That’s who they are. Their ship is sinking and they can’t afford all these teachers for such low enrollment. Early childhood going down too. The director was demoted back to the classroom. So many great teachers. I pray that they all find amazing places to go that truly appreciate them, like Miss Grace did!
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4 teachers were let go and 4 other teachers are choosing not to return.
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Who are the teachers leaving on their own?
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Sieloff, Woodward, Gournsey, Toth
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Mr. Toth is not leaving on his own. He and another teacher Mrs L were let go after the rumors.
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Mr. Toth was not let go. You don’t know what you are talking about.
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They all should!
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I miss all my babies so much! I have text Mrs. Beaver, pictures.. our babies have been best friends since they were 2 😭 No response. I’m heart broken we have to leave Trinity. But the tuition is crazy. I’m really sorry. I love all your kids SO much ❤️
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Kelly stfu
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I only know one person who would talk to me like that. I’m not going to say your name. Grow up.
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Tough talk for a bitch with secrets
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I have no problem telling my secrets. I told them to the whole school. I’m a recovering alcoholic. What else do you want to tell them? I’m not afraid to be me. Apparently you are though.
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Why don’t you tell everyone what your real issue is!
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Anger is a secondary emotion. If I hurt you in some way. I’m sorry. I’ll always be praying for you guys.
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Schaus and measel we’re let go. Both former students. Time to burn it down. I imagine any sain teacher is looking to leave at this point. Which means all that will be left are the crazy ones.
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Aww that makes me so sad!
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Let go during recess none the less!
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As a parent of Trinity myself, I will continue to take my kids there. It is close to my house and it’s very convenient. I’m glad yall are pulling your kids, leaves more attention for mine. As a blessed stay at home mother of 3, I feel as the lord has called my children to still be there and lead Trinity into a new era. You’ll see them more frequently on all socials since there are limited kids left. I’m joining the church and the youth program as a called leader. Please pray for me as I prepare to put my application in to be a member of the board, I heard there’s an opening. Prayers to all who stay, (or leave) maybe God bless you and keep you.
The lord is calling and I heard. I am answering.-
Delusion is absolutely crazy!
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Delusion? This is all God!
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God?!? You are insane!!
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Opportunist much? It’s disgusting that you’re using other people’s pain to climb your way onto the board and feel that it’s necessary to rub in other people’s noses how your child will get more attention. Please grow up and stop being such a self centered individual. We don’t need any more of your type on the board. Look where having people like you on the board had led us. People making awful and selfish choices for our campus. No need to post anonymously. We’ll know soon enough when your name is mentioned as a new member on the board. Show your face now since you’re so proud of your beloved Bolte and Beaver. Sickening.
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You’re great ❤️❤️
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Make sure to vote for me then!
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Oh I definitely would!! Can you vote if your family doesn’t go there anymore? They need you!
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Still anonymous? Interesting for someone so eager to “lead.” If you’re applying for the board of this sinking ship, at least stand behind your words publicly so everyone knows who they’re supposedly voting for.
Also, thank you for letting us know you’re thrilled other families are leaving because it means “more attention” for your kids. What a beautiful display of humility and Christ-like compassion.
And please, tell us more about this divine calling to become a board member. Is it servant leadership… or just finally a chance to feel important in the local moms group? Hard to tell from the tone of the post.“Blessed SAHM of 3” doing a lot of heavy lifting here while openly gloating about other families leaving. But sure — maybe that’s the heart Trinity needs guiding it into its “new era.”
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Tell me who’s on the board too
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For your gloating:
“Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice.”
— Proverbs 24:17For your selfish ambition:
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.”
— Philippians 2:3For your spiritual superiority:
“God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
— James 4:6For your convenience:
“Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
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Maybe you can then get yourself a paid, unnecessary position like Gross did! Sounds like you just need to get yourself on the board and fire someone and you get yourself a job. These people are all perfect for you – all narcissists, like you!
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Let’s not forgot the two HSP teachers having an affair who have both been let go. Mr. Toth & Mrs. Laney teaching our children faith while breaking the Ten Commandments.
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Bolte and Beaver obviously did not care too much about the affair. They waited until the end of the to let them go. Was only a convenient sin for when their enrollment tanked for next year.
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Mr. Toth did end up quitting, most likely because he was upset they let his girlfriend go. Oh sorry, they’re just “really good friends”. At least that is what they told admin when they both got called into the office. Now that both are divorced, we shall see what becomes of their budding romance.
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Based on the information being shared here, Koehne, Grace, Krieger, Gurnsey, Woodward, Sielaff, and Toth resigned voluntarily, while Measel, Schaus, Laney, and one additional teacher were dismissed.
For a school of this size, that represents a substantial amount of turnover within a single academic year. It raises understandable questions about staffing plans moving forward, particularly alongside the addition of a K–12 hybrid program. Perhaps enrollment projections reduce the need for the same number of faculty positions, but from an outside perspective, it appears to be a significant amount of institutional change occurring in a very short period of time.
Administrative transitions often involve challenges and adjustments, especially when changes occur unexpectedly. However, combining a major program expansion with the departure of a large portion of the K–8 staff seems like a considerable undertaking regardless of one’s perspective on the situation.
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Dickerson was the other teacher let go.
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And Deyager (sp?)
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Ok, hear me out because we could all make some cash….”Real Housewives of Trinity Lutheran.”
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I’m about to 95 theses Bolte’s door.
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Can somebody please make an apex video parody of bolte ending with pictures of all the teachers who were fired or left in the cave
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Or Hunger Games Style. For the staff remaining, may the odds be ever in your favor.
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Y’all need Jesus. What is wrong with most of you? We need to talk.
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So our attempts at trying to find humor in the crazy is worse than the crazy.
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Party of 2 and we are out of the terrible things going on at Trinity. Time for the kids to have a wonderful summer and even better school year! Good-bye major dysfunctional school. Teachers you did such a great job masking the dysfunction thank you! Our kids will not be damaged but able to move on. Admin it will take us years to heal from all that you have done to so many people.
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Agree. The teachers are absolutely amazing and so thankful for them.The administration, however, is delusional about the lies and deception which they perpetuated and the chaos they have created. I keep hearing about families who signed up during re-enrollment and are not coming back, but haven’t told the school yet. Their “online school“ will be a total failure too. Look forward to hearing about everybody’s success at their new schools!
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How did the congregation meeting go. Did anyone ask any questions? Who are the new board members?
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Is anyone allowed to even ask questions? Bolte or Beaver does ever allow anyone to answer questions.
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Nobody can question anything. Ever. That is indicative of the narcissistic personality disorder. They want to be in control and don’t want to be questioned. Bolte is the very definition of a narcissist.
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Click on a comment then in the page it opens up you will see the 12 3 for how many pages of comments
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Beaver resigned today??
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Yes. We got an email
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After all the trauma she has caused for so many kids and families.
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My guess is she saw the writing on the wall – no way this school is going to recover. They are so far in the hole and it is going to get worse. Now Bolte can put Gross in, which was his plan all along by ‘voting’ to fire Mrs
Rohloff and Mrs Chapman and getting himself a position. These people are the most ungodly group of people!
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If I were her, I would have resigned a long time gone before I destroyed my reputation… 🙈
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What… Beaver resigned!!!! What a mess she had created in a short time. What a joke of a principal she is! I hope she gets some counseling before she ever steps foot in a school again. Beaver you may have your doctorate, but you are a very evil cold hearted person.
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With news of another pre-K teacher leaving Trinity after years of dedicated service. I am calling upon the congregation to stand up. This is long….but what has happened to this amazing school in such a short amount of time is truly staggering. Also, it is unbelievable that the congregation stands by and watches their church and their school implode.
A year ago, the Principal and the Head of Childcare were fired. No cause given. Since then, TWENTY NINE people have walked away or been fired. That is a total of 31 people with decades or more invested in this school and Christian eduction.
Here is the breakdown because I truly don’t think this congregation or the Synod is understanding the true picture:
Admin-3
HSP Teachers-5
K-4 Teachers-8
PS Leads- 3
Childcare Staff-4
Assistants-3
Office Staff-2
Maintenance-2
Board of Directors-1Families have left in droves. Multiple families were told to leave when they simply asked questions about why their beloved leadership staffed were fired. Bolte said it himself, in his own letter to the congregation: the school and church are now $1 million in the red. That isn’t the worst of it, more families are leaving. That number will grow.
And yet Bolte’s family members are still on the payroll?
He also said in his letter that the board’s vote to fire the Principal was unanimous. Ask yourself why. Was it really that everyone agreed, or is dissent just not something people feel safe doing here?
Beaver was brought in as principal and was just as much a part of the problem, driving even more staff and families away before resigning.
In Bolte’s letter to the congregation calling the departures and the growing concerns from the community an “attack.” It quoted “You shall not bear false witness” and asked everyone to “maintain the unity of Spirit and the bond of peace.”
Let’s call this what it is. The people who built this school were pushed out with no explanation. The staff who left because something was clearly wrong and the environment and leadership was no longer tolerable. The lies by this leadership and the manipulation tactics were prevalent. Then, asking people to pray for “attacked leaders” while dodging basic questions about why beloved staff was fired, families being pushed out for asking questions, an interim Principal who couldn’t last either and caused even more issues, and terminations nobody has ever explained isn’t unity. It’s a way of making sure nobody asks anything at all.
If leadership actually wants unity, it doesn’t come from telling people to stop questioning things. It comes from transparency and an honest accounting of the money, the firings, and why so many people who gave years of their lives to this place chose to leave.
This congregation needs to pray for discernment. Ask God to show you the truth of how one man’s leadership is tearing apart this church and this school.
The facts deserve to be seen plainly, without the spin. The congregation and the school community deserves the clarity to see them. The Synod also needs to take note, ask questions and make serious changes.
The congregation need to pray. Ask the questions. Get the answers before it is too late. Don’t blindly follow someone who has destroyed your church and school community simply because he calls himself a pastor.-
What pre-k teacher resigned??
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It was an elementary teacher not pre-k. So far 2 elementary teachers have resigned since school let out. I wouldn’t be surprised if more leave.
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Actually incorrect. Mrs.DeYeager. She was pre-K. Around two decades of service at Trinity, if I’m not mistaken.
Losing yet another amazing teacher because of this regime.
Probably no kids left for her to teach. No head of preschool. The pre-K teachers and assistants gone.
$1 million in the hole is just the beginning. I have heard more will be leaving.
You reap what you sow Bolte. You. reap. what. you. sow. You have destroyed this place.
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Well I didn’t know about her but you also lost two more elementary teachers Acuna and Dominguez
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And another High School Prep teacher. The years of service these amazing teachers have given is over 300 years collectively. Absolutely astounding and heartbreaking.
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Also I believe Mrs Irby and Mrs Hudok are gone as well.
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Yes that is right.
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I feel like this question is less to write.. What K-8 teachers and office staff are even left at this point?
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Yep – no students left to teach!
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Haddad
Johnson
Willweber
Bones
Lopez-
Kiil
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I wonder how they are going to start in a couple weeks with no staff? And how on earth are they going to do K-12 hybrid too??
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That K-12 hybrid was always destined for failure. That was Beaver’s baby and probably another reason she left. Writing on the wall for that too.
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Benally as well
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She left
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Make this make sense Trinity. Jeremiah 23:1
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Praying that the congregation truly sees what Bolte has done. I refuse to call him a pastor. The church numbers have been dwindling for years and now he has moved on to the school and destroyed that. So very sad.
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And what the hell is going on with the website? If you google Trinity Lutheran Church and School on Google, then click on “Website” it goes to some weird site that’s in Indonesian betting site with weird code words and nothing to do with the school. Was just odd. Very concerning.
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Wow! Sure does!
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They probably don’t have anyone left to work on their website.
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Mrs Irby took care of the website, she is gone.
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Does anyone know if there is a “penalty” for withdrawing your child from Trinity?
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If you signed up in January with re-enrollment there was no fee and it was not a legal document. Therefore you should be good until August 1st and the first payment is due.
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The website shows that because it’s the old newthinking address it was changed a few years ago probably never got linked to Google
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Well if you google Trinity… click on the website tab it will go to the hacked website. Not a good message for the school, someone needs to fix it then. What a mess.
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I don’t know why he decided to implode the school. I do know he is desperate to keep paying his own salary. A salary that is predicted on a much larger congratulation that does not exist. If things don’t go well for the school. He will shut it down and lease to a charter. I guarantee it. This is not a church but rather one man’s little business. A business he clearly does not have the skill set run anywhere but into the ground.
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100% agree with this. This is what you get with a narcissist, of which he is the very definition. It is all about self preservation and having your “flying monkeys” around you to do your bidding. Beaver is now gone, I think to get Gross in, because that’s what Bolte always wanted. Along with his handpicked board of directors who do whatever he wants, the wife who is getting a fat paycheck, and the few teachers who remain…. that about completes the picture to totally destroy the school. If you follow this man, you are beyond delusional and have truly drunk the Kool-Aid. Down by 31 staff members is wild. I have never heard of that happening in a school. Ever. Why the Synod is not checking into this is unbelievable.
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Absolutely!!
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Greatly written! Thank you
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Agree 100%.
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Is it possible to post pictures here?
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