[Ponte Alto] Important Message for those who attend Ponte Alto's Thursday Night Fighter Practice - we are in jeopardy of loosing this site

[Belphoebe]

Greetings,

I would like to add one more thing in support to Her Excellency's note.  This is not the first time that Ponte Alto loses a practice site with the Fairfax County Public Schools.  

The first time was about 7 years ago, Stenwood Elementary, a fabulous site.  We lost it because of damage done to the floor by armored equipment, and because some people did not respect the time alloted to us, leaving after 9 p.m., thus alienating the custodians.  This is one of the reasons we have had separate rapier and armored practices since, and we are very paranoid about losing our sites.

I cannot stress enough the fact that it is not in the best interest of the Barony to keep risking the loss of practice sites.  It is not easy to find places that will allow us to practice indoor practically for free.  If word goes around, pretty soon all of us will be out of sites to practice.  We are all adults, and one would assume that we are capable of following these simple rules.

Yours in Service,

Belphoebe
(Who had to deal with this situation the last time it happened)

--- On Fri, 5/15/09, dcadenise at aol.com <dcadenise at aol.com> wrote:

> From: dcadenise at aol.com <dcadenise at aol.com>
> Subject: [Ponte Alto] Important Message for those who attend Ponte Alto's Thursday Night Fighter Practice - we are in jeopardy of loosing this site
> To: ponte-alto at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 11:44 AM
> 
> 
> 
> Greetings-
> 
> 
> 
> This is the type
> of missive that seneschals wish they never have to write
> during their tenure as seneschal.  I received a call
> this morning that Lemon Road Elementary School  is
> furious and we are in jeopardy of loosing this
> site.  
> 
> 
> 
> Last month an unopened military knife was left in the
> girl’s bathroom  Last night an OPENED military knife
> was also left behind at the school.  
> 
> 
> 
> Fairfax County Schools have a strict policy which
> prohibit any sort of weapons on their school
> grounds; as such, it is unacceptable for
> those attending Thursday' night fighter practice in
> Ponte Alto to bring weapons of any kind on to the school
> grounds. Our children of the community are meant to
> attend school under SAFE conditions and leaving these
> items behind was a violation of the law.  In addition
> these actions put 
> ;our Great Society, in which we all participate, at a
> great risk of other repercussions.
> 
> 
> 
> We have had a long and positive relationship with
> Lemon Road Elementary and we are fortunate that the
> school is giving our group one more chance.  They will
> be searching the area we use with a fine tooth comb and if
> they find one more infraction we loose this site.  Word
> will get around quickly to other schools and we will
> most likely not be able to use those sites - not only for
> fighter practices but for events.
> 
> 
> 
> Any questions or comments, please send to me privately
> 
> 
> 
> Countess Denise Duvalier, OP
> 
> Seneschal for the Barony of Ponte Alto 
> 
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