Re: Open Letter Regarding My Charges Of Incompetence- Principal Terrence Yarborough
Date: June 06, 2012 06:02AM
Mr. Yarborough,
I hope you’ll forgive me, and perhaps allow me to "start over". I’m hoping that any misguided actions on my part might make a bit more sense if you’ll allow me to explain what I now believe.
No, there was never a threat against Sandburg, at least not by me. I never wrote anything online that was threatening. Offensive to a few, yes, but threatening? Never. I’m a loving Father of two great kids, I run the local Cub Scout website, I run several charity websites… I truly try to be a productive member of the community, and I generally succeed.
What I now believe is that the entire situation might have been mischaracterized when it was reported to Mr. Yarborough. A woman online, under the handle “Gordon Blvd” took to slandering me not only on FairfaxUnderground.com, but on the “Fort Hunt Patch” as well, calling undue attention to me and my family, and generally seeming to enjoy making me “look crazy” at every turn. Her behavior clearly isn’t that of a responsible adult, and last night, she even seemingly confessed to a DWI. I believe she’s called the Police to investigate me at least twice, which left me more stressed – I was already over-tired, and missing my family badly. (My Son was in Iowa, competing in the OotM World Finals, representing VA. My Family was with him.)
At any rate, if I’m correct, it would explain so much. Why people stopped responding, and why two apparently competent professionals (Mr. Yarborough, and Mr. Ricker) completely misunderstood the context of my writings. There was a kitten with a gun, pointed at itself. I wrote about “career suicide” in that post. And no, I’m not proud of my “threat” to photoshop Mr. Yarborough. I didn’t do it. I won’t. By the time Police arrived, they thought I was estranged from family, unemployed, dangerous, and threatening children. There’s nothing in all the pages that I wrote which I believe would support such claims.
Could I please ask someone to respond, or give me a call? I’ve begun to suspect that many apologies are in order, but that I might be the one who should be giving them. If I’m correct, then it’s quite possible that everyone did act reasonably, given the information at hand. And, should that be the case, I’m more sorry than you’ll ever know, but that would also mean that I need to address the “anonymous” woman who seems to be obsessed with my Family – I think I’m allowed to be obsessed.
Regardless, please accept my apologies for what was at least rude and unsettling behavior and words. I have not even travelled in the direction of Sandburg since 5/19. I haven’t threatened to go there. Beyond extra-cirricular events, I never have, and probably never will be on those schoolgrounds. Should my suspicions be confirmed, I assure you that my apology will be as public as my offense. On the morning that Police arrived for an "investigation" that became the most frightening hours of my life, I’d posted at 4:00AM that I was too tired to leave the house that day. By 5:30, I’d posted that my methods were a dead end, I was getting nowhere, and I was going to begin a more subtle campaign to just find parents that might’ve seen part of what I did, that day at Sandburg.
Again, please contact me. If things are as I fear, then this woman essentially triggered a panic, and fed misinformation to people that – I swear to you – nearly cost me and my dog our lives.
And, Mr. Yarborough: if you’ve spoken with anyone on the phone claiming to be me, I assure you, that was not the case. I did speak with your office on one occasion, but not you.
Thanks in Advance for Your Understanding.