Dealing with disapointments

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

The club can be terminated for that reason, Andrew, but the school cannot take donated money and use it toward any other purpose. Most schools require the return of said funds to the donors in question.

The district has not "stolen" the money as I keep seeing written, they have placed a hold on the account. Nor have they "stolen" the equipment, merely locked it down. Both of these are standard operating procedure would be my guess. I know that in Flint (which is all I have a lot of experience with) a non-school employee cannot get money out of a district account. I also know that we are not allowed in the building unless there is a district employee there.

Given the information we have currently the district has NOT stolen the money, they have not removed a piece of equipment and they are NOT using the money for other purposes. Until that account is emptied out and the room is cleared of equipment it is just a team who is having problems and making up unfounded claims.

I urge people NOT to contact the district as it only puts pressure on people who likely have nothing to do with this issue. Contact the team give them information about how they can avoid this, about local teams who would be willing to help out. Leave contacting the district to the team or, if they want help, to their regional director.