
She went on sabbatical that fall. Toth was escorted out the last day of school. And no, I don't have an ax to grind. Several parents and I have attempted to talk to the head about the Toth situation and was told that it would be discussed during a public forum. Nothing that I have stated is made up. Since you're providing PR for the school, why don't you go ahead and publish your full name, home address and telephone for any additional comments or questions on the handling of both situations. |
This particular Cathedral security guard/officer was serving regularly as the school's crossing guard and was inside the building frequently. |
there is also not some huge cathedral police force. some PP made it seem like this loony was one of many. He was as a different PP said, the one with the most familiar face at Beauvoir. And to be honest, he should have known better when escorting Toth off the grounds, but was not told any details by Beauvoir. |
We knew both the teacher and police officer, pretty well. Both were great people. What happened at the teacher's house remains unclear to me at least. I have always wondered whether the MC police escalated an incident beyong what it needed to be, causing multipe rounds to be fired. I think B head handled the fallout as well as she could have. We had a few issues with B, but, for the most, part, had no issues with her. She deserved her well earned retirement. |
The discovery of an alleged pedophile and the murder of a teacher and subsequent suicide of a member of the Cathedral police were tragedies in 2008 for the Beauvoir School and all connected with it, including the Head of School, but most especially for the children affected by these situations. To try to lay the blame for these tragedies on one person is an act of irresponsibility made despicable by a refuge in anonymity. While others have raised questions and discussed alternative actions, those who have read this thread or other Beauvoir postings over the past four years know that one individual has continuously demonstrated a “fatal attraction” hostility to Beauvoir, the Board of Trustees and the Head of School.
That individual, let us call her X, has expressed such hatred and anger that one is inclined to ask its source. It helps to know that she was personally close to the alleged pedophile, that she wrote love poems to him on her website, and that his closeness to her gave him access to her sons. In retrospect, any mother might reflect on her own responsibility, indeed guilt, in such a circumstance. It is not unknown for self-hatred to transfer into hatred of others. It is better to blame another than to take on the burden oneself. The course of action that X has taken to avoid taking any personal responsibility is to attack Beauvoir and its leadership through a distorted interpretation of the actions they took to rid the school of a perceived threat to students, to individually inform the most affected families and to communicate and to meet with all other interested members of the school community. Her omission of details, her misinterpretation of specific actions, and her unrelenting unwillingness to see any positive intent lends a lack of credibility to her belief that nothing was done correctly and that everything that went badly was Beauvoir’s fault. She presumes to know the facts of events at which she was not present. She may very well believe the story she has concocted and groomed over the years but that does not make it true. What we do not need more of is the kind of displaced personal abuse which X has cast upon a good school and the individuals who lead it. In the past, this kind of personal exchange would have taken place face to face. The broadcast nature of websites and the internet gives license to all sorts of hostility and fear. However, when using social media to defame another, it is best to have one’s own house in order. [ Edited to remove possibly identifying information. ] |
I just edited the previous message because it contained initials that may well have belonged to the person being discussed. I want to again warn against anonymous criticism of named individuals. As the previous post shows, this is a double-edged sword.
Posts that do not conform to this restriction will be removed. Repeated violators could find themselves blocked from accessing the site. |
Wow it kinda seems like it would have been better if Jeff kept deleting a lot of these entries . . . |
18:21, you have quite an imagination.
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Dear Jeff,
The time has come to call individuals to account for their irresponsibility. Ms. X is clearly a repeated violator of your restrictions and has been for 4 years, including today despite your warnings. She should be banned from accessing this site to defame individuals by name or title. |
There are multiple possible "Ms. X." posters. I don't know which of them you believe to be Ms. X and, since I have no idea who that is, I'm not in a position to guess. But, it is because of the existence of such posters that I established an admittedly double standard for this thread. |
I'm going to go pop some popcorn... |
Yeah me too! So glad I clicked on this thread that has zero to do with me![]() |
A letter was also mailed. Notify by electronic mail and USPS. That is just standard practice. |
The security guards are vetted through the PECF and assigned by them to either Beauvoir, NCS or STA. I saw the officer that you are describing everyday. He was always warm, friendly and gracious. There was no volatility, moodiness or temper there that I ever witnessed. You seem to want to reduce this man's whole life to one dimension. Life is more complex than that as are people. To their credit, the teachers were deeply saddened by both losses with many feeling badly that they did not know that the security officer that they saw everyday was struggling internally to such a degree and they were not given opportunity to help because they did not know. Everyone reading this , please know that that alone tells you what kind of place Beauvoir is. |
Did the school and community reach out to his wife and son? |