"This is not a Courtroom. This is not a Trial."
Rated 5 out of 5 stars.(1)These words are from the mouth of (the now former) Secret School Board Chairperson, Mark Noble, in his attempt to silence a persistent...
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Eyes On SAA
Eyes On SAA
Shining Light. Breaking Silence. Holding Accountable.
We love the mission of Christian education. We love administrators, teachers, and volunteers who show excellence, humility, and invest true Christ-like unselfish love into our children. Through its staff, students, and families, Spencerville Adventist Academy has provided educational opportunity for thousands over several decades, helped them reach numerous wonderful achievements, and formed the center of a special community that has been a blessing to numerous people.
Yet along the way, SAA has compromised its mission and failed to live up to its full potential. The concentration of power in the hands of the same few influential persons for years on end, but without an adequate constituent oversight model has led to the undemocratic disenfranchisement of stakeholders, excesses and abuses of power, and the hierarchical trafficking in silence and hubris at the expense of staff, students, and parents.
SAA desperately needs some form of effective Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) to address important concerns and to have a seat at the table on the School Board. Until that actually happens, "Eyes On SAA" will be here as an open forum for teachers, students, parents, and others to share your observations and concerns with your peers and fellow community members. We only will take responsibility for our own posts and reports, not those of others. Although we are committed to free, open, and responsible expression, we reserve the right to edit material that is abusive of this forum. In the spirit of investigative journalism, our aim is to be a serious, honest, and constructive check and balance on SAA's Administration and Board, as well as the Chesapeake Conference, to force them to act righteously and in the best interest of the children and their teachers.
This is our contribution to assist SAA to live out the full and true meaning of its motto:
"Love to Learn. Live to Serve. All for Christ."
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“You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby”
Rated 5 out of 5 stars.(1)Not all of us are old enough to remember the Virginia Slims cigarette ad campaigns of the 1970’s, but it harnessed the modern feminist...
Remembering April Foolishness
Rated 1 out of 5 stars.(1)2 years have now passed since the “midnight massacre” of former SAA Elementary Principal, Judie Rosa. It was clownish and it happened on...
"Top Secret Documents" from the 2022 Constituency Meeting
Well, not exactly "top secret documents", but clearly meant “for delegates eyes only”. This is why these documents are not made available...
The Right to Know
"The Right to Know" (...What DIDN’T Happen At SAA’s 2022 Constituency Meeting). SAA Officials surely breathed a sigh of relief at the...
Questions for Tonight’s Annual SAA Constituency Meeting + Introducing SAA’s Constitution & Bylaws
Before we share our questions for the Aristocracy at tonight's Constituency Meeting, we'll first introduce you to SAA's Constitution and...
Rigged...again.
HEADLINE: Spencerville SDA Church Again Tramples Democracy with Rigged Delegation to the 2022 SAA Constituency Meeting. SAA’s Head of...
Happy 1st Birthday to Us!....And Our Gift to the Aristocracy.
It was 1 year ago today that Lillian Hepburn-Richmond was born: April 8, 2021. And what an amazing day that was! We launched our online...
We Are Witnesses.
It was precisely one year ago today, March 31, 2021, at 6:10 p.m. when the SAA community received a simple, dignified, heartfelt goodbye...
CONFISCATED: SAA's Family Directory
A Family Directory at a school is a wonderful tool for communication with one another and for building community. Want to know who your...
Feed the Children - Our Children
On December 13, 2021, SAA’s longtime food service director Dan Loukota announced that he was stepping down at the Christmas Break. We...
The Unmasking of SAA’s "Secret School Board"
Last December 23rd, a Thursday, as we were watching “The Grinch” and thoughtfully wrapping lumps of coal for certain SAA officials, one...
In Government We Trust?
Have the Chesapeake Conference ("CC") and SAA stood up for individual freedoms, or bowed down to government mandates? Have they...
Report: SAA Teacher Physically Assaulted 2 Students
Ensuring their children’s safety from harm is the gravest concern and highest priority of any competent parent. Physical violence or...
Spencerville Adventist Aristocracy (S.A.A.)
Trigger Warning: The following should be disturbing to the ordinary SAA parent, and downright embarrassing to the masters of the SAA...
SAA 'Takes Shot' at Vaccine Mandate - "Small Step Forward"? or Arbitrary & Divisive Leap Backward?
No survey sent. No town hall meeting. No open discussion. No known access to SAA's Secret School Board's meetings. No warning. Just...
The SAA Financial Times
Perhaps we saved the most boring part for last, but it’s important news and turns out to be very good. This final installment of Eyes On...
The Main Event (Part 2): Constituency Delegate Q&A on Critical Race Theory & Political Bias at SAA
This is Part 2 of "The Main Event". For full context, please click to read Part 1 of The Main Event including our opening commentary....
The Main Event: Constituency Delegate Q&A on Critical Race Theory & Political Bias (Part 1)
A full 1 hour of time and then some more was spent in Delegate comments, questions, and answers, mostly on the stealthy introduction of...
The "Principal's Report" - Part 2
We have separated our report on the “Principal’s Report” into 2 parts due to the length and space required to cover it well and provide...
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Thanks for your interest in the Eyes on SAA Blog. The lifeblood of this Blog will be information from you in the SAA Community. We welcome your messages about anything of concern to you regarding the operation and management of SAA. Please remember that the hosts of this blog are volunteers, so thank you for your patience in allowing a reasonable amount of time to reply to messages. However, if your message is deemed abusive or inappropriate, we may choose not to reply.
-By Lillian Hepburn-Richmond (A Cohort of Concerned Parents).
Spencerville, Maryland
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