A Letter From Rick's Wife

I am Rick's wife, mother of three, college graduate, and I graduated from Camden County High School. But, I had a choice, I also attended Coffee County High School (go Trojan's) much of my high school years. I had the opportunity to bounce between the two counties. The only reason I ever attended Camden was to spend time with my friends. At Coffee County we were so ahead of Camden I could afford to bounce because I had more than enough credits to graduate early, but I chose to be with my friends. I wasn't ready to leave childhood so quickly.I can attest to the days when our high school principal came dragging into the lunch room slurring his speech and acting well beyond drunk. I would look across the room to his wife - a teacher and see her destroyed look. I watched as ignorant football coaches become the head of our schools; The same who attempted to teach Health, but only cared about Football. I had to raise money in order to keep our Drama Dept ( Thank you Mr. Stephen's for not giving up easy), but Football coaches receive high end SUV's - in a county that doesn't want dirt roads.I have watched this county destroy any hope for Children - unless of course they are prime football players. This is sad, yet I choose to live here because something here just feels like home. It looks like we will be looking to private schools and home schooling instead of our state to educate our children. We will continue to pay school tax to our county in order to support their schools, but I can no longer safely say my kids are safe and taught well in our public school system in Camden County. I adore my husband for being so concerned not only with our own children, but our counties children as well.