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.
58 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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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.
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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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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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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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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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Your sentences possess a tactile quality, each word chosen with care. Reading feels like touching a surface both smooth and textured, familiar yet surprising with each moment.
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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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