GAP UPDATE

I am told that the little town of Cranfills Gap, Texas, is coming together to heal itself after the tenure of Carla Sigler as 2006/2007 Cranfills Gap school superintendent,that people have moved past all the bad things that occurred, and, as a result,  many good things are happening. 

My sister, Sue Lee, also tells me about the really great things that honest and trustworthy new School Superintendent James Scott has put in place. Sue says Superintendent Scott is a wise man with vision who believes in doing the right thing for the right reasons, and that his bottom line is the best interests of the students.

Sue supports the school and the town, has had nothing but praise for the community and the schoolls efforts to recover. Also trying to move on, Sue has said nothing negative about any of the townfolk. My own personal fear is that, no matter what is done, it will be "too little, too late" to save the school and thus the town. Time will tell.    

I am truly glad to hear that the Gap is doing good again. I hope the Gap can one day be the town it used to be, before Carla Sigler came along. Though I don't live there,  I have loved the Gap for over forty years. My mother died in a little house right down the street from the school. It takes all the townspeople working together to promote the good of the town and move past all the unpleasantness that has occurred in the last year. 

 However, I guess prominent Gap citizens Cindy Wiese, Kathie Witte (A Cranfills Gap school board member), and Sydney Thomason did not get the message of reconciliation, of moving on, putting it all behind them, don't keep bringing it up, don't dwell on it, just move past it and come together to help heal the town--- for the good of the school and the community.              

Very recently, these three ladies (?) were publicly calling Sue Lee a b----, heaping verbal abuse on Sue Lee, and contending that Sue Lee---and not Carla Sigler--- is the one to blame for all the damage done to Cranfills Gap...So, let's see----Carla Sigler is not and never was the problem-----it is all Sue Lee ----Sue Lee has been the problem all along, and Sue Lee is still the problem!!!  Now, folks, that's really coming together for the good of the school and the community, isn't it?

And for all those inquiring minds out there, Bosque County District Attorney B.J. Sheppard has turned over all documentation and evidence in the investigation of former Superintendent Carla Sigler and Cranfills Gap ISD school board members Kenneth Wiese, Jeff Rose, Kathie Witte, Shelly Stuart, Virgil Tindall, Jackie Ray Sorrels, and Sue Lee to the Attorney General's Office and is awaiting a decision as to what the Attorney General's Office intends to do.  If no laws were broken by Sigler and the Cranfills Gap school board, why would the District Attorney have taken the case to the Attorney General's Office? 

Note to Gaplionlover:    No statements of minor students were presented at Kaitlan's May 25th hearing, and the statement of Sarah Sellers, the salutatorian, a student also, was read in open session. Was Kenny Wiese concerned about Sarah's privacy rights?

 The statement of teacher Sharla Knippa, an adult with no rights under FERFA, was presented in the illegal closed session when it should have been presented in open session. Sharla Knippa's statement was apparently in the handwriting of Carla Sigler, apparently was signed by Carla Sigler, and did not match Sarah Sellers' statement of the incident.

By the way, Charles Head, Kaitlan's father, and Kaitlan's attorney, John Cullar, had legally requested any and all documentation pertaining to Kaitlan's case and had received NOTHING--not one thing--as Carla Sigler illegally refused to provide anything! They received nothing until this Fall, and that was teacher Sharla Knippa's statement--- which neither Charles, Kaitlan, nor the attorney had seen until then---from new Superintendent James Scott.  Unbelievable, but true!   (I will go into detail about how the law was broken several times on May 25th, 2007, and other dates in a future blog entry.) 

As for Kaitlan, she is rather up in the air right now...not sure what she will end up doing--Kaitlan overcame a lot of obstacles growing up...She loved school and learning, always having perfect attendance while working a full-time job and, living miles away from the school, showing great responsiblity, getting herself up and driving herself to Cranfills Gap, just to attend school....  then, she was so emotionally hurt by Carla Sigler, the school board's actions, and some people in Cranfills Gap...Kaitlan had already been accepted by and planned to go to Tarleton this Fall....her bright future was all mapped out.....then, as guidance counselors say, Kaitlan "was derailed", sadly, with malice in a vindictive retaliation against an adult.  It is a fact that once a student is "off-track," they may never get back "on-track." That is where Kaitlan seems to be right now, so that once-bright future is pretty dim.   Those who had a hand in purposely hurting her should be real proud of themselves.

I have documentation for all my facts. Dialogue is good. There is a lot of misconception and misinformation out there. Anything you dispute that I have said, please let me know, and we can discuss it. I could also be misinformed and mistaken. You seem to be a reasonable true Christian person, and I wish you and your family the best. Thanks again for your comments and please keep in touch.         Sincerely,   ALittleRanchGal