Aftermath.

Well, the boys made it through the ordeal. What could've been many, MANY times worse - wasn't. However, in the aftermath of the whole thing - the person that we wanted to protect the most - the director of the site - is hurting the worst. He's got two people that work with him. One of them was responsible for the boys when they left. When the dust settled, we of course wanted her head. Due to HR laws and all that crap, of course, I'm *guessing* they can't just FIRE her for losing our kids. Whatever. (Although in the Y's defense, I think they've handled it great so far, and have assured me she won't be on site with my kid again, EVER). But you know what? A little REMORSE from the girl responsible would be nice. I don't give a shit what her story is - the bottom line is, she showed NO emotion when we were frantically looking for our kids, she NEVER spoke to us or apologized - NOTHING.

The director - who is a wonderful and amazing person with our kids (and he seems to be quite cool and nice personally, too) is heart broken over the whole thing. He has been since the second he found out they were missing. It falls on his shoulders, because he's the boss at that site. I don't think that's fair, given what he has to work with - a ton of kids (within the legal adult/child ratio, of course) in three different areas, doing three different activities. This is what I love about the program - the kids have choices, etc. However, the way things're laid out, there's no way for him to REALLY monitor the other employees, that I can figure, anyway. It seems like he has to just have faith that they're doing what they're supposed to be on all levels.

The media is a whole 'nother thing. I spoke with a reporter from the Daily Camera, and told her specifically that we held the girl responsible, and that we adored the director. Did she include that? No. She included where I said something to the effect of "How can they let a kid walk away?" MEANING - the girls on duty outside. NOT the director. So much for her promising me that she'd run my quotes by me before publication. Additionally, in the police report, there's portions where Skyler says Gav hits him to keep him going. PLUS there's the counter-point to that. Did they include the other side to the story? Of course not. They made it sound like Gav beat the shit out of Skyler to FORCE him to leave the school. No. It was Gav's idea, but I'm sure Skyler was all for it. So the media has lynched both the director, and Gav, because they can't print sufficient info. It really pisses me off. Sure, people should know to know there's another side to the story - but it doesn't matter. The media is a voice that reaches a LOT of people - but people that know what really happened, and who want to correct the story are only a few small voices without the capability to reach the many that the media does.

Pisses me off.

Bottom line, the boys are okay (and the Y so far is handling it really well - the program and most of the people involved IS wonderful) - but the director is not okay, and it's NOT fair. It's also not fair what was published about Gav, and I'm really upset on Gav's behalf. It's so unfair.