Village Oaks Elementary School... Child Kidnapping Ring Has Been Exposed...

2004-03-28T13:51:00.000-08:00

DEDICATED TO MATTHEW AND JOSHUA BATES. GOD BLESS OUR HOME...

Make no mistake -- this is War

When a society can tear into the most precious of human bonds -- more precious even than marriage, since you cannot divorce your children -- when a society will destroy human love and emotion in the name of a superimposed statutory "scheme," that society has GONE TOO FAR. It is nothing less than a declaration of war by government upon its citizens. And when attacked by their own government -- established to PROTECT their rights, not eviscerate them -- citizens have the right to fight back, with whatever weapons are necessary to get the job done.
-- Robert Muchnick, CCJ executive director

Don't worry about me Mary... I have been placed in "Harms Way" many times before (it was truly my patriotic honor). The real question for you Mary is: Will the truth that I've researched and posted at this particular web-site cause you to be personally placed in "Harms Way"? According to Mr. Robert Muchnick, CCJ Exec. Director (quoted above), I have the right to choose whatever weapon I deem to be necessary to get the job done (I have decided my job is to expose your money making, child kidnapping scheme)... I do not have an elaborate weapon or resources (such as the D.O.E.) at my disposal so I have simply chosen to speak the truth, warn others and research the problems and scams that you are now part of right here Ms. Mary Goedert. I have been more than fair in my simple request. I have only asked for a an apology and return of the money that you've stolen from my family ($400.00). Unlike yourself Mary, I protect children by supporting our U.S. Constitution. You disobey and violate our U.S. Constitution and by that Mary Goedert, you place all children in danger and at risk.

2004-03-08T07:05:00.000-08:00

DEDICATED TO MATTHEW AND JOSHUA BATES. GOD BLESS OUR HOME...

This is an Open and public letter to Ms. Mary Goedert

Ms. Mary Goedert, ( mgoedert.novi.k12.mi.us )
Principal of Village Oaks Elementary School
Novi, Michigan, USA

Cc: WWW.VILLAGEOAKS.BLOGSPOT.COM (A public record on the World Wide Web)

Mary,
I am hereby giving you notice that I am exercising my first amendment in revealing one of my mirrored web-site links. I am also appealing to all web site visitors to please carefully understand how through Principal Goedert's illegal manipulations and under the color of law, she is trying to destroy this honest American family.

As a refresher:

THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

It is my claim that you violated my Constitutional rights when you contacted the “Family Independence Agency” and falsely accused me of “child abuse”. This investigation was concluded, I was dismissed by F.I.A. the 27th of February 2004. My vindication is further proof that you acted erroneously, without merit, no tangible evidence, only hearsay and innuendo (along with your illegal intimidation and interrogation of my son Joshua Bates).

As a member of the “American Family Rights Association” (please visit my membership link), I have also learned that through your false accusations you have violated one or more of the following:

Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1001
Fraud and False Statements

Title 18, U.S.C., Section 242
Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law

Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241
Conspiracy Against Rights

By your harassment, intimidation and interrogation of my youngest son Joshua, I am claiming that you have also violated our fourth amendment:

THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

I would like to state and confess the following:

1. My pledge and dedication to my country: I was born an American. I live as an American; I shall die an American; and I intend to perform the duties incumbent upon me in that character to the end of my career. I mean to do this with absolute disregard to personal consequences. And what are the personal consequences? What is the individual man with all the good or evil that may betide him, in comparison with the good and evil which may befall a great country, and in the midst of great transactions which concern that country's fate? Let the consequences be what they will, I am careless, No man can suffer too much, and no man can fall too soon, if he suffer or if he fall, in the defense of the liberties and Constitution of his country.

2. I know and admit that I am not the perfect Father, but nevertheless, I am a loving father and I have yet to meet the perfect Father.

3. I am proud to be retired from the United States Naval Submarine Service, I feel that I have served with diligence and faith and I will serve again and again if necessary in defense of the U. S. Constitution.

4. I am proud to be a member and supporter of the “Veterans of Foreign Wars” and an avid supporter and life long defender of our U.S. Constitution (the supreme law of the land).

Again Mary, you have falsely accused me and violated my families Constitutional rights. I feel both legally and morally responsible in exploring all necessary options including the broadcast of this web-site. I will soon allow the many new web-site visitors to assist in determining your fairness until you can show honesty and faith in resolving this matter. A needed apology and reimbursement of the moneys that you’ve stolen will show your sincerity and resolve and I believe a step in the right direction.

In conclusion,
It is my educated opinion that you are performing a gross injustice to the teaching profession. I hope other families and neighbors of mine do not have to undergo the embarrassment and humiliation of what you did to our family. With this warning that I am providing, may they find their defense against acting tyrants such as yourself Mary. I encourage those families and concerned parents to please sign the petition (see attached link) to have you removed and replaced with someone of honorable character.

Mary, please let me know if you have any misunderstanding of this letter, please respond in writing, outlining specifically any discrepancies you may find within 10 days (I will post it here unaltered). Failure to respond will indicate your agreement with our version of events. For future reference all correspondence of this nature can be viewed here at:

WWW.VILLAGEOAKS.BLOGSPOT.COM unless re-directed

Sincerely,

Gregory B. Bates
Retired USN / VFW
“Liberty and Justice for all”

2004-03-06T07:46:00.000-08:00

DEDICATED TO MATTHEW AND JOSHUA BATES. GOD BLESS OUR HOME...

From: Goedert, Mary
Date: Wednesday, March 03, 2004, 10:49 AM
To: Gregory Bates
Subject: FALSE ALLEGATIONS

Mr. Bates,

In an effort to respond to your concerns I have left two messages on your cell phone.

If you wish to discuss this further, you know I am available to you or Mrs. Bates in person or by phone.

This evening I will be available via my direct line at (248) 449-1302. I should be available to talk almost any time this evening.

Thanks,
Mrs. Goedert

Mary Goedert... You are a day late and a dollar short... You owe the school, neighbors and our family an explanation for your criminal behavior. Who's family are you going to attack next Mary Goedert? How many families and friends of mine will you try to destroy? Your job is to protect and ensure the education of our children... and my job now... as you have compelled me... is to expose you for your criminal activities and continue protecting and advising other unsuspecting families and especially parents with those children attending Village Oaks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gregory Bates [mailto:gbates2@twmi.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 1:58 PM
To: Goedert, Mary
Subject: FALSE ACCUSATION

2004-03-01T07:26:00.000-08:00

2004-02-12T06:48:00.000-08:00

Michigan Department of
Family Independence Agency

From: "MAG"
Subject: Stealing Children
THE FIA GAME
By Janet M. Frederick Attorney and Counselor at Law*
On October 24, 1999, I learned that this absorbing article and Frederick's CV,
both of which are below, have been on the Net at http://www.cardina.net/~khieber/TheFIAGame.htm

Many citizens in our great State of Michigan are unaware of Michigan's dirty little secret that falls under the guise of the Child Abuse and Child Welfare Protection Laws. The advertisements and literature surrounding this area seem to be doing a magnificent thing for the children of our state. We have been led to believe that the State of Michigan is saving thousands of children from severe physical abuse and neglect. This is far from the truth.

The truth is that this campaign is a giant money machine fueled by abuse of power of supervisors and case service workers employed by the Michigan Department of Family Independence Agency and private agencies that have contracted with FIA that we the tax payers are paying dearly for through our hard earned tax dollars. Basically it is "make work by creating a case and keep your job or contract with the state government." The current campaign to save the children is doing just the opposite. Parents and children are being permanently separated and families are being permanently destroyed under this new plan as a result of abuse of power in the name of more state and federal funding.

I have been working extensively in this area of law for approximately two (2) years. All of the cases that I am working on do not involve children suffering from broken bones, bruises or starvation. In fact most of the cases that I am involved in regard parents that merely spanked their children by giving the children one or two swats on the clothed behind, parents who have physically defended themselves from a physically violent teenager, parents who argued in front of their children, recently divorced single parents, parents with low incomes, parents who have failed to take their child to a doctor for mere cold symptoms such as sniffles and mild congestion, or parents who owned pornographic materials stored in a safe place where the children broke into and viewed the materials.

According to FIA, the present state of law is that:

1) Parents cannot spank their child. Spanking, even with clothes covering the bottom, is severe physical abuse. Parents are only to use time out, reasoning and loss of privileges.

2) Parents cannot engage in physical self defense to protect themselves from a physically hostile teenager. An act of self defense by a parent is severe physical and emotional abuse. Parents are to use reasoning, time out and loss of privileges only and must sacrifice their physical safety for their violent teenager's safety.

3) Parents cannot argue or talk about adult subjects, such as family finances, in front of their children. These are subjects that the child has no control over and creates extreme emotional distress in the child. FIA has classified this area as emotional or environmental abuse and/or neglect of the child.

4) Parents with low income are neglecting their children's basic needs.

Low income parents cannot provide for the proper medical, physical or emotional needs of their children due to their limited income. The parents' failure to obtain middle income jobs means environmental, medical and emotional neglect.

5) Parents that fail to take their child to the family physician for colds, flu, sniffles and mild congestion, or parents who fail to obtain a family pediatrician are neglecting the medical needs of their children. FIA has classified this as medical neglect.

6) Parents who own pornographic materials, such as magazines, books, video tapes, and conceal such materials from their children have created environmental and emotional neglect of their children. Parents who own and hide such material run the risk that children will find these material and view them causing emotional harm to their children. FIA has classified this as environmental neglect.

7) Divorced, single parent families seem to be targeted by FIA as high risk environments for emotional and environmental neglect. Most single parent families are low income and of course, according to FIA, cannot provide for the basic needs of the children as measured against middle income standards.

Single parents work outside of the home, leaving their children unattended or with "inappropriate care takers" (neighbors, older siblings, grandparents, relatives) causing environmental and emotional neglect of the child. Single working parents are unable to clean their homes "appropriately" and leave their homes cluttered, disorganized, and untidy (i.e. beds unmade, dirty clothes on floors or hampers, dirty dishes in the sink from breakfast, unswept or unvacuumed floors and carpets, etc.) which the family must return to in the afternoon or evening that is classified as environmental neglect.

Basically, single parents tend more to their needs (i.e. working outside of the home) that to the needs of their children which is classified as emotional and environmental neglect.

Ironically, FIA complies a list of single parent households from the Friend of the Court, sends prevention workers to the homes of such families and initially offers the families free, voluntary services through their prevention program. Such services include free parenting classes, free nutrition programs, free household budgeting programs, free employment training programs, and WIC.

The social workers in these programs compile information on the family and home for FIA. Basically, when you allow these workers to enter your lives and your home, you are allowing FIA to build a PS (Protective Services) record against you for child neglect which leads to further child protective proceedings in the Probate/Family Court which will ultimately result in the removal of your children and the children being placed in foster care. These workers are not hired to help you, they are hired to make a case of child neglect against you.

Why are families being targeted by FIA. Most people have the misconception that concerned citizens report child neglect and abuse. This is untrue! A small percentage of my cases involve reports of neglect and abuse from neighbors, family members, friends and school officials. In fact, the majority of my cases involved the family receiving some form of voluntary services from FIA, such as the free programs listed above. In the majority of cases, school officials, such as teachers and counselors, never suspected child abuse or neglect in the families that were prosecuted. Moreover, in most cases the family physicians never suspected child abuse or neglect in the families prosecuted. Families are targeted because FIA must justify its need for State and Federal grants to keep its workers employed.

Currently, FIA receives, in Federal grants, $2,000 to $4,000 per month per child in foster care and $10,000 per child adopted out into permanent homes after the parent's rights have been terminated due to neglect and abuse. The State of Michigan provides matching funds to FIA. Bill Clinton recently signed new legislation providing for an additional $2,000 to $4,000 per month per child in foster care and $10,000 for adoption. FIA is making money hand over fist through our tax dollars. FIA social workers receive bonuses for removing children from their homes and for adoption. The incentive for abuse of power is extremely high and has occurred at alarming rates.

During 1996, Clare County removed 50% of the children in the county for neglect and abuse in the home. It is very hard to comprehend that 50% of the parents in Clare County are neglecting and abusing their children. Clare County is a "demonstration county" that is a pilot county for The Binsfield Laws supported by Federal Grants. These programs involve privatizing the foster care system. The foster care program hires private industry to service the foster care needs of the county children removed from the home.

Currently, Eagle Village in Hersey, Michigan holds the foster care contract for Clare County FIA.

How does the system work? FIA initially offers families free, voluntary services through prevention services to the families on the FOC (Friend of the Court files, AFDC files, Employment Security Commission files, Social Security files, etc.) such as free parenting classes, free nutrition programs, free homemaker services, free budgeting classes, free employment training programs, etc. The prevention worker works closely with the family to coordinate these free services by meeting with the family in their home on a regular basis, once or twice per week. While working with the family, the worker identifies problems areas that put the children at risk for abuse and neglect so as to qualify the family for these free services, such as poor parenting skills, homemaker skills, budgeting skills, and employment seeking skills.

The flip side of this arrangement is that the worker is building a case of neglect and abuse against the parents. Most problems identified are lack of bonding with the children and nurturing due to the parents participation in these free programs. Basically, the parents are putting their needs before the children's needs by focusing on their problems as identified in their participation in these programs. Furthermore, workers in these programs work in tandem with FIA to identify other risk factors such as poor parenting skills, why else would a parent take a free parenting class if they themselves have admitted to having poor parenting skills. Voluntarily entering into these programs is an actual admission to poor parenting, nutrition, homemaker, budgeting, or employment seeking skills that put the child at risk for neglect and abuse that lay the foundation for child protective proceedings in the Probate/Family Court.

The Courts believe that the FIA workers are the professionals and take their word as gold. The parents cannot defend against FIA. The testimony and statements mean nothing in the Probate/Family Court. In fact the Court can issue an emergency pick up order for the children based on only FIA's statements in an ex-parte hearing conduct by the judge and the FIA worker.

The parents are not present during these hearings. The Court will issue an ex-parte emergency order allowing the FIA work to enter the home or child's school to remove the child from the parents custody. The parents do get a hearing approximately two weeks later after the removal of the child but FIA is only required to prove that probable cause exists that the children are at risk of neglect and abuse if they remain in the home.

Approximately 90 days later the parents may have a trial to determine whether by a preponderance of the evidence that the children are at risk to abuse or neglect if they are returned to the home. Most parents plea to abuse or neglect upon FIA's promise that if the parents plea and engage in services they will get their children back sooner. Most parents plea to charges that they have a temper, they have beaten their children by merely spanking them, they have failed to provide the child with medical attention when they had cold symptoms, or they are unable to provide for the basic needs of the child because they are temporarily unemployed. The Court then takes jurisdiction over the children, places them in foster care and orders the parents to follow the Parent/Agency Agreement to be drafted by FIA. FIA then engages in a lengthy and vague process of ordering the parents to engage in specific services, such as individual counseling, parenting classes again, anger management classes and counseling, psychological evaluations, drug and alcohol testing, classes and counseling, etc. Once parents complete these services, FIA informs the parents, usually during a court proceeding that they have not dealt with the proper issues in these programs that initially led to the removal of the children or the parents have not satisfactorily completed the programs because they will not or are not mentally able to comprehend their actions and the affect of their actions that have harmed their children. It is a no win situation. FIA is in complete control of the interpretation of whether the parents have successfully completed the Parent/Agency Agreement.

Furthermore, if the parents elect to participate in FIA's services with their hired agencies, then the parents never successfully complete the Parent/Agency Agreement. These agencies are FIA's hired hands that build a case against the parents. If the parents elect to engage in services provided by professionals of their choice or referred by their HMO or other health care providers, then the parents must pay enormous amount of money for these services and for these professionals to come to court on their behalf to testify. More importantly, the Court views parents hired witnesses as hired hands and discounts any testimony given by these professionals as being adversarial, unbelievable and hired hands of the parents. FIA and some of the Court have gone as far as accusing the parents of failing to comply with the Parent/Agency Agreement by engaging their own professionals for service which has been deemed grounds for termination of parental rights. It is a no win situation that fails to focus on the best interest of the child.

Also, most children are placed with foster parents who intend to adopt the children. The purpose of placement is to find the children a permanent, stable and safe environment which they can live with dignity and respect. The focus in Michigan is no longer keeping families together by repair or rehabilitating parents to properly care for their children. The focus in Michigan and across the country now is to quickly place children into permanent homes. This means the pool of foster parents are usually upper middle class with financial security. The children are then introduced to the finer things in life like Reeboks, Nikes, Starter Jackets, designer clothes, and other luxuries that the average working class or middle class family cannot afford to provide for their children. The children readily associate with their new parents as being the good parents that can provide for their needs and the biological parents as being abnormal, dysfunctional, poor, and unable to meet their new basic needs. Some children do not want to come home because they cannot live the new life provided by their foster parents to which they have become accustomed to during foster care.

This system of protective services and foster care is very disturbing.

During this whole process, Department of FIA is raking in the Federal and State grants to support its preventive, protective, and foster care programs.

These are our tax dollars at work and are being misappropriated and wasted to create a foster care and adoption industry in our state. I am not arguing that there are never cases of child abuse or neglect in this state. There are real case of such that must be meet with the proper social nets. But our current system is froth with abuse of power and waste of precious tax dollars that has created false child abuse and neglect cases for the purpose of creating employment for social workers and private industries providing foster care services, counseling agencies that provide individual therapy and psychological evaluations, and community education programs that provide anger management and parenting classes. All of these agencies are funded by our tax dollars which are being wasted on parents who are only less than perfect and children who are not abused or neglected in the legal sense.

Furthermore, all parents are court ordered to pay child support to the foster parents through the Friend of Court for the care of their children while in foster care. Parents pay on an average of $25.00 to $30.00 per week per child if FIA is providing the foster care family through it county agency. Parents pay approximately $150.00 to $2,000 per month if a private agency is hired by FIA to provide foster care services. Nobody is sure where this money goes once it is paid to the Friend of the Court.

The system of FIA needs to be restructured to make it workers accountable for their actions. Presently, FIA workers have complete immunity from civil actions in the State of Michigan unless a parent can prove that a worker was grossly negligent in the performance of his or her duties. Unfortunately this is impossible to prove. If a parent pleas or the Probate Court finds that its has jurisdiction over the child for neglect and abuse, FIA continues to have jurisdiction over the child and ultimately terminates the parents rights, this will bar any suit against the FIA worker under the immunity doctrine.

Once your child is in the system, FIA and its social workers are not accountable for the worker's actions. The word is gold and the court's accept the workers word as gold. The only recourse a parent has is to appeal the Probate/Family Court's decision which is very expensive. Most of my parents send approximately $10,000 to $20,000 in defending against FIA in child protection cases, even when they plea. Most of my parents end up losing their homes, vehicles, jobs because of court appearances and engagement of professional services, and savings. Most of my parents are forced into bankruptcy.

JANET M. FREDERICK 930 MASON DEARBORN, MICHIGAN 48124 OFFICE: (313) 274-8955

EDUCATION: Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan Juris Doctor, May 1994 Board of Governors Scholarship: 1993-1994 Native American Law Student Organization: President 1993-1994, 1992-1993, Vice President 1991-1992

Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, June 1990 Major: Public Law and Government Minor: Art Outstanding Senior of the Year Outstanding Junior of the Year Dean's List: 1986-1987, 1987-1988, 1988-1989, 1989-1990 Recognition of Excellence Scholarships: 1987-1988, 1988-1989, 1989-1990 Recognition of Merit Scholarships: 1987-1988, 1988-1989, 1989-1990 Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma, Alpha, Mortar Board, Golden Key National Honor Society, Stoic Society, Outstanding College Students of America

EXPERIENCE Matt W. Zeigler & Associates, P.C., Troy, Michigan; Associate Attorney, January 2, 1996 to June 5, 1996

Crenshaw & McMahon, P.C., Detroit, Michigan; Associate Attorney, March 27, 1995 to December 31, 1995

Sarvis & Herrmann, P. C., Bingham Farms, Michigan; Law Clerk, 1992-1994

Washtenaw County Public Defenders Office, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Intern - Law Clerk, Summer 1991

DEDICATED TO MATTHEW AND JOSHUA BATES. GOD BLESS OUR HOME...

This is an Open letter to Ms. Mary Goedert

Ms. Mary Goedert, ( mgoedert@novi.k12.mi.us )
Principal of Village Oaks School
Novi, Michigan, USA

Cc: WWW.VILLAGEOAKS.BLOGSPOT.COM (A public record on the World Wide Web)

Mary,
As you already know, I am a retired military member of the United States Naval Submarine Service (the Silent Service), member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Fleet Reserves, also known to be a supporter / devotee and life long defender of our God Blessed United States Constitution. I will fight to defend my family and yours (although, I have already proven to fight for yours if you can understand that). I have great respect for your position and the responsibilities you have as principal of “Village Oaks Elementary School” and that is true. I do not want to interfere or cause you any inconveniences. However, you should understand, as a parent you have forced me into a position and placed me on the defensive. Along with other friends and neighbors, I want to disable this web-site and remove your name as soon as possible. I need to be assured that no harm shall come to my son Joshua Bates and that you will do your job to protect him and our legal rights to family privacy in the future, especially by not jumping to erroneous conclusions of child abuse. Along the same argument and with all due respect, I would also request my neighbors and their families attending Village Oaks to also be treated fair and equal unless otherwise provable and warranted abuses or conditions truly do exist.

I am unsure why an investigation was launched by Village Oaks or exactly why the Family Independence Agency was contacted with regards to Joshua. Perhaps this is standard operating procedure of yours when you hear frivolous rumor, hearsay and accusations without merit or tangible evidence. If it were, then maybe it would be prudent and wise for you to re-evaluate this action and perform additional investigations on your own cognizance prior to assaulting another family or neighbor of mine. I kindly ask you to please take the time here at www.villageoaks.blogspot.com to perform some small researches on your own. You may find interestingly as I have through one or more informative web-site links that CPS / FIA are considered by many, not 100% trustworthy in nature. Now ask yourself Mary, based on the research I am providing to you... Would you subject your family or close friends to similar Gestapo tactics?

At this point in time, I am not asking any favors from you except to undo what you have already done. Please if possible, reverse the false accusations, investigate the origin and if you cannot, please, at the time of need, come to the defense of my family especially if CPS / FIA decides to take one or more of my children. Don’t think it can happen? Again, you or your administration has put my family at possible risk of costly Government exploitation. My attorney is aware of our situation and will represent me when necessary. This web-site and the remaining ones that I have constructed will also help in my defense to make public record and to fully expose this incident to tens of thousands of people that I am certain I can easily reach with a stroke of a key.

I respect your job and the responsibilities that are entrusted to you enough that I will not act prematurely and publish my web-sites unless I lose my children and you cause me to defend my home through a timely and costly defense battle that may ensue.

Mary, please let me know if you have any misunderstanding of this letter, please respond in writing, outlining specifically any discrepancies you may find within 10 days (I will post it here unaltered). Failure to respond will indicate your agreement with our version of events. For future reference and while the F. I. A. investigation remains open, all correspondence of this nature can be viewed here at:

WWW.VILLAGEOAKS.BLOGSPOT.COM unless re-directed.

Sincerely,

Gregory B. Bates
Retired USN / VFW

2004-02-11T02:36:00.000-08:00

DEDICATED TO MATTHEW AND JOSHUA BATES. GOD BLESS OUR HOME...

This web-site (along with others) are dedicated to both Joshua and Matthew Bates. The purpose of these web sites are to expose the untrue accusations of child abuse that were made by the Village Oaks School Principle Ms. Mary Goedert. These web-sites contain a collection of information and web-links that also expose and tell the truth about F.I.A and C. P. S. Government Agencies operating under the color of law and how they are destroying the American families.

Ms Goedert and what she stands for including her abuse of powers for falsely accusing Joshua and Matthew's parents of child abuse needs to be revealed for all parents and faculty of Novi Community Schools (you simply cannot operate like this).

Please contact gbates2@twmi.rr.com for comments / concerns or please visit our family for yourselves to see if any parental abuse truly does exists. (Our address is: 23332 Cranbrooke Drive, Novi, Michigan 48375 / 248 888 9937). I am now accepting donations for our “legal defense”. In addition, I want to say God Bless America and yourself for helping in our battle and struggle to keep my family protected against unwarranted and unconstitutional Government intrusion.

2004-02-09T14:14:00.000-08:00

DEDICATED TO JOSHUA H. Y. BATES

Thursday February 19, 2004

Cc: WWW.VILLAGEOAKS.BLOGSPOT.COM (A public record on the World Wide Web)

Dear F. I. A. Caseworker,
This letter is to confirm our verbal phone conversation that took place Monday, February 02, 2004. Because this is such an important issue and we should be working together in matters pertaining to my family, it's imperative that we fully understand and document all interactions so as to eliminate any miscommunication between us.
During our phone conversation Gregory Bates, Flora Bates and yourself were present.
Details of our phone conversation included the following information. 1) Your request to set up an appointment for interview with our Son Joshua H. Y. Bates. Tentatively Wednesday, 04 February, 2004. 2) Your description of the interview method and processes to determine if Joshua Bates is an abused child. 3) Your approval and allowance of our having a witness in attendance during your interview session with our Son Joshua Bates.
If this is not your understanding of the conversation and events that took place, please respond in writing, outlining specifically any discrepancies you may find within 10 days. Failure to respond will indicate your agreement with our version of events. For future reference and while your investigation remains open, all correspondence of this nature can be viewed at:
WWW.VILLAGEOAKS.BLOGSPOT.COM
Thank you and Sincerely,

Flora S. C. Bates

Gregory Blair Bates
U.S. Navy, Retired

2004-02-05T19:44:00.000-08:00

DEDICATED TO JOSHUA H. Y. BATES

Thursday, February 05, 2004

Ms. Mary Goedert, (mgoedert.novi.k12.mi.us)
Principal of Village Oaks School
Novi, Michigan, USA

Cc: WWW.VILLAGEOAKS.BLOGSPOT.COM (A public record on the World Wide Web)

Parental Informed Consent Notice

Dear Ms. Goedert:

In accordance with State statutes relating to parental involvement and consent, this letter serves to require prior written notification from the school concerning any intent to provide physical, mental health, or social services/counseling to my child (Joshua H. Y. Bates). Similarly, the school must obtain my written consent prior to providing any of said services.
Except for emergency medical care involving sudden, traumatic physical injury or illness, and then only when I cannot be immediately located, I am hereby exempting my child from participation in any health care or social service programs/activities, whether provided directly by the school or through a connected resource/family/youth center. The requirement for my written consent extends to any non-emergency physical or mental examination/procedure and also to any effort to place pressure (such as referral by a school counselor to another agency) on my child for the purpose of circumventing my prerogatives of determining the manner and means of satisfying my child's health care needs. Activities by school staff or through school programs that encourage my child to bypass me will be met with legal action. Concerns by school staff relating to my child's immunizations, vision, hearing, eating habits, etc., are to be brought to me for my attention and assessment. School staff members are not to take it upon themselves to obtain a diagnosis or to provide treatment. Assessment and testing are to center on academic, knowledge-based factors.
The informed consent requirement therefore encompasses, but is not necessarily limited to, the following typical school services:
1. Nursing health assessments and/or school-based physical examinations.
2. Personality testing and school-based counseling related to physical or mental health.
3. Behavioral or physical screening and/or diagnostic instruments (i.e., emotional factors such as anger or peer relationships, so-called psycho-sexual indicators relating to sexual activity or orientation, chronic physical conditions such as anemia, diabetes, tuberculosis). This restriction applies to all "EPSDT" (Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment) services, which typically are provided via state funds.
4. Non-emergency first-aid services.
5. Lectures, presentations or school assemblies relating to sex and substance abuse.
6. Anger management, "self-esteem," and conflict resolution courses; group & family counseling.

I appreciate the difficulty of the school's position in today's political and social climate, in which parents are presumed to be incapable of exercising good judgment in the areas of health, discipline, and the emotional well-being of their children. It is regrettable that a notice of this nature is necessary. I thank you in advance, therefore, for your cooperation in this matter. For our mutual protection in these difficult times, a copy of this letter is on file with my attorney and also posted here at:
WWW.VILLAGEOAKS.BLOGSPOT.COM.

Sincerely,

Gregory Blair Bates
(Retired U.S. Naval Submarine Services)

cc: WWW.VILLAGEOAKS.BLOGSPOT.COM (A public record on the World Wide Web)

LETTER NUMBER TWO...

Ms. Mary Goedert,
Principal of Village Oaks School
Novi, Michigan, USA

Cc: WWW.VILLAGEOAKS.BLOGSPOT.COM (A public record on the World Wide Web)

Dear Ms. Goedert:
I am the parent of Joshua H. Y. Bates who attends Village Oaks school. I am very shocked and concerned regarding Joshua’s recent and disruptive behavior. Joshua has been reprimanded and assuredly acknowledges his wrongfulness in both acquiring and bringing the recent and inappropriate items to school. Furthermore; I also want to ensure Joshua’s education is the best that we can afford with our tax dollars and hope that you will understand and respect the following request:

Hatch Amendment Letter for School

Under U.S. legislation and federal court decisions, parents have the primary responsibility for their children's education, and pupils have certain rights which the school may not deny.
Parents have the right to be assured their children's beliefs and moral values are not undermined by the schools. Pupils have the right to have and to hold their values and moral standards without direct or indirect manipulations by the schools through the curricula, textbooks, audio-visual materials or supplementary assignments.
Under the Hatch Amendment, I hereby request that my child NOT be involved in any school activities or materials listed unless I have first reviewed all the relevant materials and have given my written consent for their use:

 Psychological and psychiatric treatment that is designed to affect the behavioral, emotional, or attitudinal characteristics of an individual or designed to elicit information about attitudes, habits, traits, opinions, beliefs or feelings of an individual or group;
 Values clarifications, use of moral dilemmas, discussion of religious or moral standards, role-playing or open-ended discussions of situations involving moral issues, and survival games including life/death decision exercises;
 Contrived incidents for self-revelation; sensitivity training, group encounter sessions, talk-ins, magic-circle techniques, self-evaluation and auto-criticism; strategies designed for self-disclosure including the keeping of a diary or a journal or a log book;
 Sociograms, sociodrama; psychodrama; blindfold walks; isolation techniques;
 Death education, including abortion, euthanasia, suicide, use of violence, and discussions of death and dying;
 Curricula pertaining to drugs and alcohol; Nuclear war, nuclear policy and nuclear classroom games; Globalism, one-world government or anti-nationalistic curricula; Discussion and testing on interpersonal relationships; discussions of attitudes toward parents and parenting;
 Educating in human sexuality, including pre-marital sex, contraception, abortion, homosexuality, group sex and marriages, prostitution, incest, bestiality, masturbation, divorce, population control, and roles of males and females; sex behavior and attitudes of student and family;
 Pornography and any materials containing profanity and/or sexual explicitness;
 Guided-fantasy techniques; hypnotic techniques; imagery and suggestology;
 Organic evolution, including Darwin's theory; Discussions of witchcraft, occultism, the supernatural, and mysticism; Political and/or religious affiliations of students or family; income of family; Non-academic personality tests; questionnaires of personal and family life attitudes.

The purpose of this letter is to preserve my child's rights under the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (The Hatch Amendment) to the General Education Provisions Act, and under its regulations as published in the Federal Register of September 6, 1984, which became effective November 12, 1984.
These regulations provide a procedure for filing complaints first at the local level, and then with the U.S. Department of Education. If a voluntary remedy fails, federal funds can be withdrawn from those in violation of the law. I respectfully ask you to send me a substantive response to this letter attaching a copy of your policy statement on procedures for parental permission requirements, to notify all my child's teachers, and to keep a copy of this letter in my child's permanent file.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Gregory Blair Bates
Retired U.S.N.

Signed this Sixth Day of February 2004.

2004-02-05T16:17:00.000-08:00