Thank You, Kelly Williams-Bolar

Kelly Williams-Bolar lives in a sketchy neighborhood in Akron, Ohio.  She didn't want her daughters to attend the rough and poorly rated school in her neighborhood, she wanted them to attend a good school, which could offer them more opportunities and better prepare them for the future.  Luckily, there was a good school nearby, in the district where her father lived, and she used his address to enroll her daughters in a suburban Fairlawn Heights school five miles from their home. 

Kelly Williams-Bolar

Unfortunately, in Summit County, Ohio, it's a FELONY to give poor children a good education.  Kelly Williams-Bolar was convicted, sentenced, and served nine days in jail for falsifying documents.  She will be on probation for two years and still must perform 80 hours of community service.  She may lose her job as a special education assistant at Buchtel High School.

And let's talk about some other things she may lose, now that she's a Convicted Felon:

• The right to vote
• The right to bear arms
• The right to hold public office
• The right to travel abroad
• The right to government aid, such as grants, loans, section 8 housing, food stamps, etc.

 

Does that sound like justice?

 

Kelly Williams-Bolar is the type of parent that we should all strive to be.  Her dedication to her children and their education is commendable.  Her refusal to back down to those in authority when so much was at stake is an example of the kind of committed parenting that we should all be emulating.  Thank you, Ms. Williams-Bolar, for reminding us what it means, and what may be required of us, to be involved and dedicated parents.

We should all be questioning a system that provides a good education for children of the wealthy, a deficient education for children of the poor, and imprisons the parent who demands equality.