As an educator and mother, I say with utmost certainty that this man should not be allowed on a trip of this sort again. The fear and anxiety the children would have to endure would make what should be an enjoyable and exciting experience, a wholly different one. This is not a battle your company will win.
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Lynn O'Donnell
9 years ago
This man should be removed from the tour and never hired again! His behavior is not okay, and these young girls deserve better. Subjecting them to this abuse is not ok. Protect these kids!
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Hannah mcardle
9 years ago
This pattern of behavior is predatory and dangerous both to the students and the program.
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Seth M Weidner
9 years ago
So that other students will not suffer what my student endured.
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Sydney Tushar
9 years ago
What a creep, he needs to be removed!
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John Hoover
9 years ago
Why would you let this man ruin such an important experience for kids who work hard to get there?
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Anonymous
9 years ago
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I went on the 2015 tour and saw similar behavior. It is sad that this still continues. It needs to stop.
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Erica Kirn
9 years ago
This is unacceptable behavior from a director.
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Hannah rankin
9 years ago
I think that this is sick and that he should not be allowed to go on anymore trips
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Erik L
9 years ago
Not cool. Very not cool.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Mrs. Weidner is an esteemed colleague of mine and seeing her troubled over this issue has affected the morale a bit. We do not want any more incidents to occur.
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Jim Mullen
9 years ago
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I believe there is a law in PA that adults that supervise children must have a background check. Did the AMA run an appropriate background check on this individual?
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Edwin Nealley
9 years ago
Utterly inappropriate. If it were my daughter I would never associate w/the program again.
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Jason Watt
9 years ago
This man is a creep
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Jim Greene
9 years ago
No. Just no.
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Juan Pineda
9 years ago
Should not be leading a band of children
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Anonymous
9 years ago
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I am sorry this happened to your daughter and other girls with this adult and I hope that there is more vetting for employees of the AMA in the future. Our daughters will not be attending if they do not take action to protect female students on these tours and better investigate and hire their staff that work directly with our children.
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Nina Campli
9 years ago
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He also frequently got drunk on the trip, which considering he is responsible for over 30 teenagers is unacceptable.
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Geoffrey DeMarro
9 years ago
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I was there when he was in our changing room. He was in the back and waited to say he was there until after we were nearly finished changing. After he made himself known, we started yelling at him to get out. He laughed at us and tried to tell us it was fine and finally left. Also, after our first concert he tried to make a joke to me in front of everyone but essentially said to me "wow you weren't awful this time." I don't remember his exact words but he made fun of me in front of everyone.
He's creepy, and incredibly inappropriate.
As an educator and mother, I say with utmost certainty that this man should not be allowed on a trip of this sort again. The fear and anxiety the children would have to endure would make what should be an enjoyable and exciting experience, a wholly different one. This is not a battle your company will win.
This man should be removed from the tour and never hired again! His behavior is not okay, and these young girls deserve better. Subjecting them to this abuse is not ok. Protect these kids!
This pattern of behavior is predatory and dangerous both to the students and the program.
So that other students will not suffer what my student endured.
What a creep, he needs to be removed!
Why would you let this man ruin such an important experience for kids who work hard to get there?
I went on the 2015 tour and saw similar behavior. It is sad that this still continues. It needs to stop.
This is unacceptable behavior from a director.
I think that this is sick and that he should not be allowed to go on anymore trips
Not cool. Very not cool.
Mrs. Weidner is an esteemed colleague of mine and seeing her troubled over this issue has affected the morale a bit. We do not want any more incidents to occur.
I believe there is a law in PA that adults that supervise children must have a background check. Did the AMA run an appropriate background check on this individual?
Utterly inappropriate. If it were my daughter I would never associate w/the program again.
This man is a creep
No. Just no.
Should not be leading a band of children
I am sorry this happened to your daughter and other girls with this adult and I hope that there is more vetting for employees of the AMA in the future. Our daughters will not be attending if they do not take action to protect female students on these tours and better investigate and hire their staff that work directly with our children.
He also frequently got drunk on the trip, which considering he is responsible for over 30 teenagers is unacceptable.
I was there when he was in our changing room. He was in the back and waited to say he was there until after we were nearly finished changing. After he made himself known, we started yelling at him to get out. He laughed at us and tried to tell us it was fine and finally left. Also, after our first concert he tried to make a joke to me in front of everyone but essentially said to me "wow you weren't awful this time." I don't remember his exact words but he made fun of me in front of everyone.