Ulrica Corbett, Matthew Lund and Marine Sgt. Zach Richardson update
Tuesday, 12 July 2005 | 213 readers so far
Boortz has posted an update on the saga of the Marine and the Prinicipal.
The bad news - Ulrica Corbett is still influencing Georgia children. The good news - Marine Sgt. Zach Richardson will be speaking to the children anyway, but outside the school environment. The ugly news - Matthew Lund no longer teaches at Anita White Carson Middle School. I wonder why.
Perhaps you remember this particular brouhaha … it happened several weeks ago at the Carson Middle School in Greensboro, Georgia. U.S. Marine Sgt. Zach Richardson wanted to visit the students at Carson Middle School who had been writing to him while he was serving in Iraq. The children’s teacher, Matthew Lund, arranged for the visit only to be thwarted by the school’s principal, Ulrica Corbett. Ms. Corbett ordered Sgt. Richardson off the school grounds citing concern for the safety and welfare of the students. This was the lead item in the June 2nd. Nealz Nuze, which I urge you to read again by clicking here.
Well .. now the good news. Next Monday, July 18th, the students from the Carson Middle School who wrote those letters to Sgt. Richardson, along with their teacher, Matthew Lund, their parents and other community leaders, will get their chance to meet and talk with Sgt. Richardson and several of his fellow Marines. The meeting will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Lodge at Reynolds Plantation and will be followed by a lakeside barbecue at the Ritz to show support for Sgt. Richardson, his fellow Marines and the students from Carson Middle School who’s letters meant so much. The Ritz-Carlton Lodge will be providing rooms to the Marines … and having stayed at this particular Ritz-Carlton, let me tell you … these Marines are in for a treat.
I don’t know what eventually happened to the principal. I do know that she caused her school and the Green County School quite a bit of embarrassment. Her disdain for this Marine in particular and for what our armed forces were doing in Iraq in general was obvious. Matthew Lund is no longer teaching at the Carson Middle School. We hope he has found a job at a school that appreciates him and our men and women in uniform. “
Ulrica Corbett never did answer my requests for an interview. I’m assuming she still has her job working as a modern day feudal lord in the fiefdom of Anita White Carson Middle School, Green County, Georgia. The quest for educational excellence free of the evil influences of the U.S. military continues.
If anyone knows how I can get in touch with Matthew Lund or Sgt. Zach Richardson, please e-mail me using the link provided on this site. Much appreciated.
And if you live in or near Green County, go show your support for a United States Marine.
1 July 14th, 2005 at 1:15 am
Marinade Dave says:
It’s too bad when school officials get involved in the politics of war. These children have no opinion, other than what they might hear at home, about this conflict for the most part. Instead, they just chose to communicate with and support a certain soldier. The interaction alone would prove to be educational, to say the least. I don’t think Sgt. Richardson was there on a recruiting assignment or to pronounce his views, nor to tell tales of horror to those students. Ms. Corbett used her authority to support her view on the war, and not for the safety and welfare of the children. School officials, no matter what the capacity, are there to teach, not preach. That, they can get at home. Shame on her.
Thanks, Trevor, for the really, really nice comment on my ‘Saving Solemn Freedom’ post.
2 July 14th, 2005 at 9:21 pm
Trevor says:
Shame on her is a nice summary. She’s probably too dense to realize why what she did was so wrong though. Just guessing.
The nice comment was free of charge because it’s what I thought, and my opinions are almost always free
3 July 16th, 2005 at 7:40 pm
Alisa says:
Wow. I have spoken to many children’s organizations during the seasonal Toys for Tots drives and it was always a wonderful experience in a two fold way.
4 July 16th, 2005 at 8:45 pm
Trevor says:
Some Americans hate the US Military Alisa, and want to see it fail.
5 July 17th, 2005 at 9:05 pm
Margo says:
I will see him tomorrow at the Ritz function and can try to give him a message for you.
6 July 17th, 2005 at 9:11 pm
Trevor says:
Margo,
I’d like to talk to both Lund and Richardson if they’re willing…