should those efforts fail or should someonejusi go had once they start with us. we also design our policies in a way that helps insure the safety of the children whenever they are in the 1, Parents are permitted and encouraged to watch every class and every practice There are no walls, You can see and often hear everything that goes on in the 2. The teachers and coaches are not permitted to work With our students and athletes without another staff member present in the gym, In the vast majority ot cases private lessons are not permitted at times when the is otherwise empty. We strive to insure that there are always parents, kids and other staff members in the 3, We listen to your concerns when you bring them to us. if you bring a complaint to Kittia I guarantee that she brings it to me. The same is true with all the coaches. They all share ccncems brought to them with Kittia and ultimately me. In all cases we discuss what needs to be done, what is fair to all, and how best to proceed, Our number one goal is to do what is best for the child. Things often get complicated and we not always get it exactly right but we certainly try our best to see things get done the right way It might have dawned on you that Ray got through the screening procedure at Buckeye and he did the same thing With other and passed one back-ground check after another What went wrong? I have been in contact with USA Gymnastics and they are dismayed that someone With an arrest and conviction record can get through the screening process They are in the process of a review of the N051 procedures and protocol to determine where the break down might have occurred. i have also been in contact with a number of who employed Ray at one time or another and it has been suggested that Raymond Adams, or rather Samuel Raymond Adams, had changed his name and was provrding false SS numbers to avoid detection. Federal law largely protects the matching of names With 58 numbers and it is unclear how NCSI (or any other background checking company) will respond should that be the case. It might also simply be the case that the back-ground checks everyone used do not flag arrests that do not result in convictions or convictions on minor offenses that do not meet the reporting threshold We Will continue to use NCSI forour back-ground checks until we learn the results of the USAG review or until we have a better option We will also continue to check references, listen to the concerns of our parents. and enforce our While these steps did not keep Ray from entering the they may have deterred him from doing harm. Should you have any questions or concerns not adequately addressed in this letter please feel encouraged to Contact me directly, Sincerely, David Holcomb, President, Buckeye Gymnastics