The Santa Rosa School Board has made an abrupt decision to transfer Debbie Rogan (Roach) out of Hidden Valley Main campus to another school. After the tragedy of the current fires our kids, school and community have been through enough. To remove Debbie Rogan from our school community and children at this time is insensitive and disheartening. Please help stop the proposed transfer of Debbie Rogan, Child Care Lead at Hidden Valley Main Campus.
Why is this important?
My name is Alicia Said and my family and I have been a part of the Hidden Valley School community for over 10 years. I am writing today to ask the School board to please reconsider the transfer of Debbie Rogan (Roach) from our school community. For those of you who may not know Mrs. Debbie Rogan, she was the “Child Care Lead” at the Hidden Valley Satellite campus that was recently destroyed by the fires. Debbie has been working at Hidden Valley Satellite School serving our children and community for 25 years. Debbie Rogan has been given a notice of 10 days prior to her transfer. If this passes, Debbie will not be back after the 2017 “Thanksgiving Holiday” break. Our kids will be hit yet again with another tragic loss, a loss that can be avoided. It has now been 5 weeks since the tragedy of the recent fires. These fires left our community in state of disarray, loss and emotional instability, not only for our community and school but for our children. The Satellite campus kids have not only lost their homes, but their school and if this decision passes Debbie Rogan as well. Our school has been hit the hardest during these fires and losing one or any of our daycare providers is an act of cruelty and insensitivity by the district. Debbie Rogan is a familiar face, a symbol of love, safety and continuity. As a parent, Debbie has been an ally for my kids, a means of emotional support and friend. Our daycare providers are a huge part of our kid’s emotional recovery as they begin to process the gravity and magnitude of the fires. To remove Debbie Rogan or any of our daycare providers would be another tragic loss for our kids, our school and our community as a whole. If you agree, please join me by signing this petition against the transfer of Debbie Rogan, Child Care Lead at Hidden Valley Elementary School.
