Tombigbee Tales

Heritage Academy Episode 19 The Hypocrisy of Be the Light

A distinction needs to be made between everyday Heritage Christians who are struggling in areas of maturity and consistency and Heritage Academy Christians who are outright mean-spirited hypocrites. 
Christianity isn’t about pretending to be good or even proclaiming to be better than others. Christianity is about doing the right thing when people are looking, especially when no one is looking. For a school that espouses basic Christian principles, I expect better from its coaches, faculty, staff, and administrators. So much for being the light in their community.

Heritage Academy Episode 18 – Bald Faced Lies From the Board of Trustees

If you have concerns you want voiced, reach out to me. I will protect your identity and we will find a way to make your voice heard on this podcast.
Whatever negative happens at Heritage from here on out, the board is just as culpable as the Head of School Sean Harrison. And the Tombigbee Tales will be watching closely because it is not IF something bad will happen due to their negligence…it is WHEN it will happen.

Heritage Academy Episode 17 – It Was a Very Merry Faculty Party

Where do I even start on this episode? If half of what I have learned is true about the culture of drinking among the administration at that school, then there is a much bigger problem than what I previously surmised. 
Is this the behavior of adults you want as role models for your child?

Episode 16 - Heritage Academy: Where It's Always Happy Hour

If parents and board members are truly concerned about the children, why do they continue ignoring bad behaviors and pretending that nothing has happened? If you truly care about the children, you will stand up and fully investigate the backgrounds of all your employees and their fitness for their duties. You will examine not only their suitability and qualifications for their positions but also their moral turpitude.

Heritage Academy: Episode 15 Where Some Children Have No Civil Rights

Do children have reasonable expectations of privacy in school? Legally? Yes and no. They have a reasonable expectation of privacy and to be free from intrusion into personal matters, even in a school setting.
Do children have a right to privacy? Yes, but those rights are not always clearly defined, and as a result, school administrators and teachers often violate students' rights.
Heritage Academy is not any different.

Heritage Academy Episode 14: For the Love of Boys Sports

Why are some sports and students who play those sports more equal at Heritage Academy than others? Is anyone even concerned about the children at this school? Do they only care about how the Varsity big three boys teams perform? Is Heritage Academy just another school chasing athletic trophies?

Heritage Academy Episode 13 Systemic Failures of the Head of School and Board

Heritage Academy has lost its primary focus: High Moral Standards and Academic Excellence. The leadership has failed the children of the school academically, morally, and athletically over and over under the helm of Sean Harrison, Head of Schools. Two administrators left under ethical challenges and one of those departures resulted in a negative emotional impact on the entire middle school where he taught the 7th and 8th grade. And today, the incompetent leadership of the head of schools has exposed that since that educator administrator’s departure, the students have had NO instructional continuity resulting in those students not having a semester exam in a core course!

Incompetence and Fake Graduation/College Acceptance Rates Ep. 12 Heritage Academy

Heritage Academy boasts a 100% graduation rate…while that is mostly true each year, it is not exactly true for every year…how they get that number is a few tricks and some smoke and mirrors.  Just like their 100% college acceptance rate…more on that in a bit as well…but first graduation rates.

Heritage Academy and the Embezzler Episode 11

It is not slander when it is true. 

Follow the Money: Heritage Academy Taxes and Financials

Money is a significant topic of discussion for most non-profits. The financial well-being of Heritage is surprisingly robust considering they are always complaining to the parents about how tight money is. Especially when academic programs and teachers inquire about funding, they are always told, “Maybe we can get a donor to cover it in the future…” and then it is never discussed again. But lots of things at Heritage are like that. There is no accountability and no consistency in reporting or informing the parents who pay the bills. They hope that anything unsavory that happens like baseball coaches throwing kids into lockers out of anger, teachers and staff having extra-marital affairs, and the like will fade away once swept under the carpet and out the door. The same with the renovation of the bathrooms in all buildings. Sometime, hopefully in the near future maybe soon wink wink nod nod. And yet year after year the plumbing is limping along, the stall have been patched to the point there is more puddy then wood or plastic. Heritage is over 50 years old. The buildings look it. They need a significant renovation and yet allegedly there is no money to spend for anything beyond the basics. Why? Where is all the money from tuition, grants, fees, sports booster funds, and contributions from donors going? Well let’s look at a few areas of financial curiosity and potential financial malfeasance.
Tax Filings (Scroll down the page and open the pdfs for each under the heading: Form 990s):
https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/hertiage-academy,640435248/