Q. A. County Parks & Recreation Dance Program
- The purpose of this petition is to gain support and awareness from the community and government officials for the renewal of Teri O'Meara's instructor contract with the Q.A. County Parks & Recreation. Teri has instructed the county dance program for more than eight years in our community and recently learned in a letter dated June 10, 2008 from the Q. A. Board of County Commissioners (Wargotz, Ransom, Billups, Guenther, Fordonski) that her contract would be effectively terminated as of November, 2008 due to irreconcilable differences related to facility safety concerns voiced by herself in written complaints to the commissioners as well as Parks & Recreation. The county government, in their June 10th letter to Teri O'Meara, is now soliciting proposals (RFPs) for the dance instructor position to be held in a facility owned, leased, and/or operated by the individual applicant. This current proposal would limit access to the dance program for our children. Teri instructs many forms of dance, to all ages, in several locations throughout the county. The proposal referenced in the June 10th letter to Teri purports to be a ploy to eliminate Teri's ability to submit a proposal for consideration since she does not own, lease, manage, and/or operate a dance studio in Q. A. County or at all. She has conducted dance classes within the facilities provided by Parks & Recreation for more than eight years. Please sign this petition in support of Teri and her hard work, dedication, and commitment to the children of our community as well as the art of dance.
