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[folsom500]

Yeah.....that's what happened to me when I first e-mailed him.......He answered my 2nd e-mail with the correct address after about 1 hour, actually.

I was just kidding _ I sent it the wrong address on purpose just to see if it would get rejected...

You are lucky- I sent 2 yesterday to the CORRECT email and one today with no response...

Maybe he has decided he has sent enough responses and doesnt need to send any more...
Nor based on his single response that was quoted in this thread by you or other recipient, I dont think that he feels that he is in any way WRONG in his assessment... as ignorant as that is....

Cheers
F500

[FolsomBarb]

Maybe he has decided he has sent enough responses and doesnt need to send any more...
Nor based on his single response that was quoted in this thread by you or other recipient, I dont think that he feels that he is in any way WRONG in his assessment... as ignorant as that is....

I think you're right F500.........

[folsom500]

My BAD - swear it said Gloryette yesterday

The president of the PSTA at FHS is Matt Morris..
Cheers
Ken

[gingerkid]

Next year's pres is Gloryette.

[randb]

I sent my email this morning. I will let you know if I get a response.

I received my response:

Thank you for your response and reading the PTSA newsletter.

I have read items on myfolsom.com and have had parents, staff and officers
refer me to items on myfolsom.com because of potential implications to
campus issue. Therefore, I would rather err on the side of being overly
cautious than not cautious enough.

Sincerely,

Paul J. Richards
Principal

[folsom500]

I received my response:

Thank you for your response and reading the PTSA newsletter.

I have read items on myfolsom.com and have had parents, staff and officers
refer me to items on myfolsom.com because of potential implications to
campus issue. Therefore, I would rather err on the side of being overly
cautious than not cautious enough.

Sincerely,

Paul J. Richards
Principal

That is interesting- guess he is having his secretary send the responses out now- surely you asked different questions than I did and while I got NO ANSWERS to my questions .. his response was :
Subject: RE: Your latest newsletter

Mr. Smith,

Thank you for your response and reading the PTSA newsletter.

I have read items on myfolsom.com and have had parents, staff and officers
refer me to items on myfolsom.com because of potential implications to
campus issues . Therefore, I would rather err on the side of being overly
cautious than not cautious enough.

Sincerely,

Paul J. Richards
Principal

Not what I would consider a personal nor a proper response...

Cheers
F500

[Chad Vander Veen]

Note to school administrators: Safe is not equal to Correct

[momdadnteen]

This is an interesting topic; I came to My Folsom.com today to find something and got stuck on this topic of My Space and My Folsom.com Our daughter graduated last spring. She does, in fact, have a My Space "website/profile" that we approve of. It goes without saying that My Folsom.com is a friendly spot on the internet, by the way.

IMO - Of course, all parents are afraid when it comes to the internet and the possibility of lurking pedophiles or danger to our children; as one poster said, it can also be dangerous to adults. We should all also know that fear spreads quickly - our society is full of fear on many different topics.

Think of our teens driving cars. I am sorry to say here folks that everytime our teens get behind the wheel of a car, there is more danger than talking to their friends on the internet. Yet, we don't ban our kids from driving.

Instead, we teach our kids. We teach our kids about the dangers of anything as they are growing up. Driving, commisserating on the internet, whatever. My Space or any other group forum or internet chat is equally as dangerous if we are talking about lurking pedophiles. For that matter, pedophiles are all around us in our communities - we teach our children about it early on. My dd's "My Space" profile reveals no personal info about her, where she lives, where she goes to school, where she goes shopping or anything else of a personal nature. She invites "friends" and they chat - these are friends that she knows.

All in all, we need to teach our kids about the rules on the internet just like the rules of driving a car, drunk driving, etc. Some have said that there are kids who do not have parents that are responsible - that's true; they are the ones drinking and driving - yet, again, we allow our kids to drive a car.

Just some thoughts to think about.

[randb]

That is interesting- guess he is having his secretary send the responses out now- surely you asked different questions than I did and while I got NO ANSWERS to my questions .. his response was :
Subject: RE: Your latest newsletter

Mr. Smith,

Thank you for your response and reading the PTSA newsletter.

I have read items on myfolsom.com and have had parents, staff and officers
refer me to items on myfolsom.com because of potential implications to
campus issues . Therefore, I would rather err on the side of being overly
cautious than not cautious enough.

Sincerely,

Paul J. Richards
Principal

Not what I would consider a personal nor a proper response...

Cheers
F500

I agree.

This is an interesting topic; I came to My Folsom.com today to find something and got stuck on this topic of My Space and My Folsom.com Our daughter graduated last spring. She does, in fact, have a My Space "website/profile" that we approve of. It goes without saying that My Folsom.com is a friendly spot on the internet, by the way.

IMO - Of course, all parents are afraid when it comes to the internet and the possibility of lurking pedophiles or danger to our children; as one poster said, it can also be dangerous to adults. We should all also know that fear spreads quickly - our society is full of fear on many different topics.

Think of our teens driving cars. I am sorry to say here folks that everytime our teens get behind the wheel of a car, there is more danger than talking to their friends on the internet. Yet, we don't ban our kids from driving.

Instead, we teach our kids. We teach our kids about the dangers of anything as they are growing up. Driving, commisserating on the internet, whatever. My Space or any other group forum or internet chat is equally as dangerous if we are talking about lurking pedophiles. For that matter, pedophiles are all around us in our communities - we teach our children about it early on. My dd's "My Space" profile reveals no personal info about her, where she lives, where she goes to school, where she goes shopping or anything else of a personal nature. She invites "friends" and they chat - these are friends that she knows.

All in all, we need to teach our kids about the rules on the internet just like the rules of driving a car, drunk driving, etc. Some have said that there are kids who do not have parents that are responsible - that's true; they are the ones drinking and driving - yet, again, we allow our kids to drive a car.

Just some thoughts to think about.

While I agree with what you are saying what does this really have to do with the libel that FHS has written in their latest newsletter?

[Farley]

As both a parent of a high school student and a MyFolsom moderator, I am very surprised by Mr. Richard's statement. In our home, myspace.com is not permitted. Moreover, ALL internet usage is monitored by a parent. (That means a parent is physically in the room!) This can be burdensome at times for both the parent and student, but we would not have it any other way. We consider this a parenting responsibility of the 21st century. -- This, by the way, is a subject which is frequently discussed here on MyFolsom.

In the future, if my student become interested in MyFolsom.com, I would permit him to visit the site, with parental monitoring, of course.

This presents quite an ambiguity. Either you do think MyFolsom.com can be dangerous, and ,therefore, not trustworthy. Or your teen ager is not trustworthy, and, therefore, cannot use Myfolsom.com, without parental supervision.

[Farley]

I agree.
While I agree with what you are saying what does this really have to do with the libel that FHS has written in their latest newsletter?

Do you really regard the principal guilty of libel?

[john]

folks, it may be considered libel to some but I am taking the high road here. I agree it was handled inappropriately but that's life. Not worth the effort to really go after this.

[DavidH]

folks, it may be considered libel to some but I am taking the high road here. I agree it was handled inappropriately but that's life. Not worth the effort to really go after this.

Thank you; let's put an end to this. And also, to be considered libel, doesn't some harm have to proved? As the MyFolsom.com forums don't generate revenue (I think), any lack of participation on the forums doesn't bring harm to those reponsible for the site. Mr Richard's comments in the FHS newsletter, while taking an extreme position, haven't caused tangible damages to the forums nor to the members.

Anyway, six pages of posts is probably enough. Mr. Richards has enough to deal with: 2800+ students and everything that comes with them (parents, teachers, nutty community members, etc. etc.)

[folsom500]

Anyway, six pages of posts is probably enough. Mr. Richards has enough to deal with: 2800+ students and everything that comes with them (parents, teachers, nutty community members, etc. etc.)

That does NOT excuse him from taking poor information and using it to the degree he did- calling this a dangerous site filled with predators.....

And unless he is willing to apologize to this forum- and the parents- the issue is NOT closed...


Cheers
F500

[DavidH]

That does NOT excuse him from taking poor information and using it to the degree he did- calling this a dangerous site filled with predators.....

And unless he is willing to apologize to this forum- and the parents- the issue is NOT closed...
Cheers
F500

So what's your recourse? You going to the next school board meeting and demanding his resignation? I think he overreacted but did so in the best interests of the students. Nobody got hurt; we're all just a little miffed, insulted, even outraged perhaps, but the issue has been beated to death.

Let's start beating up on Donna Kinsella and the lunatic judge that awarded her $4,000 in her suit against the district and band boosters.