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Caller says she passed document to GCS school parents

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In follow-up developments to last week's story on the Goldendale Christian School, a person called The Sentinel to say that she, not former principal Guy Roberts, was the one who passed controversial information onto parents of children attending the school.

In a phone conversation Tuesday, Tara Olson confirmed that she took the document that contained proposed changes in the school's bylaws to the parents. Olson said that when she saw the document, she became concerned and felt parents needed to know about it.

The proposed bylaw changes led to sharp reactions by many of the parents of children at the school and resulted in a dramatic chain of events and counter-reactions.

After the appearance of last week's article, Roberts contacted The Sentinel to claim that the representation of his actions as depicted in the article were inaccurate. Roberts asserted that a key initial question put to him at the start of the interview with him was in fact never asked, notwithstanding interview notes that show the question as being the first thing mentioned. Based on his contention that the question was never asked, Roberts said his responses thereafter were inaccurately taken to mean he acknowledged complicity in acquiring the proposed bylaw changes document and passing them on to school parents.



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