Since Ben Derges' time at Tri-valley high school as the school principle he has shown an incredible lack of leadership and care for the students enrolled at TVHS. He has failed to meet simple requests from students and staff in regards to bullying, harassment, classroom repair, and even IEP and 504 accommodations. He has made false promises to students regarding bullying or harassing situations and left their needs entirely ignored. This leaves these students feeling as if they must take matters into their own hands which could lead to aggression, violence, and even suicide or self injury. He has failed to respond to approve ideas through student Council regarding after school programs, school dances, etc. He has violated the privacy of the cell phone use policy on countless occasions and he has even trespassed onto student property on more than one occasion as well. He has gone as far as giving punishments to students for situations that happened outside of school and outside his Authority. He has no interest in what's best for the wellbeing of his students and this is evident from his action of removing the Work Co-op program as well as other opportunities students have had in past years. He is clearly unfit for high school principle and this must come to a halt before the rest of the Tri-valley high school population is effected by his actions.
I have been reading through the messages you all are sending and my heart just sinks because these stories about the bullying and the broken promises are honestly way worse than I even realized at the start. It is getting overwhelming trying to keep track of every incident but I am keeping a folder of all your experiences so we have everything ready for when we finally get someone from the board to actually look at what is happening inside those halls.
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September 14, 2017
78 Comments
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Anonymous
8 years ago
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You ruined my adolescence and I had to grow up quickly to deal with the harassment you failed to subdue. By code of conduct I was to be helped, but I had to leave to find that help.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
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He doesn't know how to be a principal. He never listens to both sides of a story. He can't relate to anyone and doesn't know how to help people when they need it. He said he'll "promise" to do a favor or something, but he doesn't do it. Tries to make new rules and policies, but never works. Gives stupid punishments and unnecessary Saturday detentions.
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Vinnie manzella
8 years ago
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Makes huge deals out of nothing. Always has biased opinions about every situation. Never looks at booths sides of a story. Doesn’t do anything about a situation even if you tell him about it and then you take matters into your own hands because he’s not changing anything. And then he gives you three hour saturdays for standing up for yourself because he’s to selfish to stop it before the situation escalates
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Bobs Burgers
8 years ago
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He believes that if there's an issue someone should ignore it instead of address it
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Anonymous
8 years ago
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Victim shaming should never be tolerated and the staff involved that mismanaged the entire situation should be removed from their positions.
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Chloe Nagle
8 years ago
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Tri-Valley has gone down hill tremendously even since I've been out of school and thats saying a lot. It was bad when I was there but all I know is Tri Valley needs teachers/principals that care about students mental health and Derges does not so I hope this helps.
Since Ben Derges' time at Tri-valley high school as the school principle he has shown an incredible lack of leadership and care for the students enrolled at TVHS. He has failed to meet simple requests from students and staff in regards to bullying, harassment, classroom repair, and even IEP and 504 accommodations. He has made false promises to students regarding bullying or harassing situations and left their needs entirely ignored. This leaves these students feeling as if they must take matters into their own hands which could lead to aggression, violence, and even suicide or self injury. He has failed to respond to approve ideas through student Council regarding after school programs, school dances, etc. He has violated the privacy of the cell phone use policy on countless occasions and he has even trespassed onto student property on more than one occasion as well. He has gone as far as giving punishments to students for situations that happened outside of school and outside his Authority. He has no interest in what's best for the wellbeing of his students and this is evident from his action of removing the Work Co-op program as well as other opportunities students have had in past years. He is clearly unfit for high school principle and this must come to a halt before the rest of the Tri-valley high school population is effected by his actions.
I have been reading through the messages you all are sending and my heart just sinks because these stories about the bullying and the broken promises are honestly way worse than I even realized at the start. It is getting overwhelming trying to keep track of every incident but I am keeping a folder of all your experiences so we have everything ready for when we finally get someone from the board to actually look at what is happening inside those halls.
Reached 100 supporters
September 14, 2017
78 Comments
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Anonymous
8 years ago
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You ruined my adolescence and I had to grow up quickly to deal with the harassment you failed to subdue. By code of conduct I was to be helped, but I had to leave to find that help.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Featured
He doesn't know how to be a principal. He never listens to both sides of a story. He can't relate to anyone and doesn't know how to help people when they need it. He said he'll "promise" to do a favor or something, but he doesn't do it. Tries to make new rules and policies, but never works. Gives stupid punishments and unnecessary Saturday detentions.
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Vinnie manzella
8 years ago
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Makes huge deals out of nothing. Always has biased opinions about every situation. Never looks at booths sides of a story. Doesn’t do anything about a situation even if you tell him about it and then you take matters into your own hands because he’s not changing anything. And then he gives you three hour saturdays for standing up for yourself because he’s to selfish to stop it before the situation escalates
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Bobs Burgers
8 years ago
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He believes that if there's an issue someone should ignore it instead of address it
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Anonymous
8 years ago
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Victim shaming should never be tolerated and the staff involved that mismanaged the entire situation should be removed from their positions.
C
Chloe Nagle
8 years ago
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Tri-Valley has gone down hill tremendously even since I've been out of school and thats saying a lot. It was bad when I was there but all I know is Tri Valley needs teachers/principals that care about students mental health and Derges does not so I hope this helps.
You ruined my adolescence and I had to grow up quickly to deal with the harassment you failed to subdue. By code of conduct I was to be helped, but I had to leave to find that help.