Mom to take break from nude dancing so daughter can graduate from kindergarten

sacbee.com ^ | Saturday, May 18, 2002 | Erika Chavez -- -- Bee Staff Writer

[let freedom sing]

A 5-year-old Rancho Cordova girl will return to kindergarten at the Capital Christian School after being expelled last week because administrators discovered her mother works as a nude dancer.

Christina Silvas, 24, agreed to stop working at Gold Club Centerfolds off Highway 50 for at least the next three weeks so her daughter can graduate from kindergarten and attend the end-of-the-year pool party she had been looking forward to.

[Mo1]

The average stripper makes more in a 4 hour shift than they would working at Taco Bell for six months.

Now, do you know that firsthand, or did you used to work with strippers who moonlighted at Taco Bell? I'm just trying to keep up with your tale here...

Of course they make a heck of a lot more money .. most women don't do it because they like a lot of preverts grabbing at them all they time .. It may not be pretty .. but it is reality

[weegee]

Odds are that she also likely smoked, drank, watched tv, or danced clothed. No comment on her character but all of these provisions were against school policy.

She could have sought out a school more in line with her example.

[Tennessee_Bob]

From a message from the mom on the club website:

I called Pastor Cole this morning with my idea to put a peaceful ending to all of this nonsense. I offered to commit the next three weeks in full support of my daughter and not work. During this time I will look into all of the offers which have come my way regarding schools, churches, and occupations (none of which came from the church.) Pastor Cole accepted my offer and Abby will be welcomed back at school for the remainder of the year. Gosh the sacrifices we moms make! The Pastor then asked if he could share the good news with any media that may contact him. I told him that I would only be speaking with the lovely Erika Chavez from the Sacramento Bee and not the media until Monday. (I just wanted a quiet weekend!) Well in the next 5 minutes I got 4 phone calls from news and radio telling me they had just recieved a call from Pastor Cole...was it true I was quitting? I called the Pastor back and told him I said I didn't want to do another media circus and he said he misunderstood and oh, how sorry he was!

So much for him wanting to handle it privately, eh? And as far as the mother taking it public, she didn't. The administrator of the website admits to having done it without her knowledge or permission.

[Mo1]

Yes it is possible she did those things which is why I don't understand why she would sign her daughter up

I am not knocking school .. they have every right to their religious beliefs which is why it is called private school

[Rudder]

Too bad this pompous, self-righteous, nanny church couldn't bring itself to practice the teachings of Christ.

Don't you just hate it when someone trangsresses your own personal moral code and gets away with it?

[Elsie]

Oh, let me help, Jeff.......

Personally, I don't dance, but any church that bans drinking and smoking
sure as hell ain't getting my dollar in their collection plate on Sunday.

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That's a good idea!

Save up a bunch to pay for your lung cancer/cirrosis operations.

[Elsie]

we know damn well that this all came through the old grapevine

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No, you don't.

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ANYONE who has worked with kids of this age group for any time at all, has 'stories' that the kids will just spontaneously tell you about Mommy and Daddy!

[Elsie]

You are SO bad!

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(Hobbs on steroids!)

.........napkins holder indeed!....

[capt. norm]

Yeah...I'll never forget my graduation from Kindergarten. Woops, I was wrong...I don't even remember being in Kindergarten except for a few mental pictures of the classroom, etc.

[not-an-ostrich]

It's all about me, me, me!!!! When this dies down she will do something else to get more media attention. She has "soft" Affective Spectrum Disorder symptoms as opposed to "hard" Affective Specturm Disorder symptoms of mailbox bomber.

[AndyJackson]

when I find that someone is on a self-destructive track, I try to help readjust them.

Thank you. We all had our suspicions and now we know.

[joathome]

But you see, not all schools are "there for the children". Some schools exist to aid the parents in providing an appropriate environment and Christian education for their children. Not all parents view their church school as fertile mission soil for other people's children. It is up to the parents in the church to decide what is the mission of the school.

I homeschool to keep my children innocent, and cannot condemn parents for attempting to create a more innocent environment for their children through their church school. We left public school because we didn't want to hear about Heather's two mommies, and Joey's two daddies, and dare I say, stripper mom's lifestyle. The kids are only five!

[VA Advogado]

Pictures? Pictures?

[homeschool mama]

Thanks for the ping.

I'm thankful she's taking a leave from stripping for the sake of her daughter...I pray she'll realize the seriousness of her initial decision though and find a decent job. It'll bless her daughter...and herself. I also pray for a truly repentant heart.

[jlogajan]

That makes you an active anti-Christian, rather than an atheist.

Nah, it only seems that way to paranoids. I'm just as happy when someone is driven from Islam, or Hinduism, or neo-paganism.

[homeschool mama]

***Seems she wants to find a parochial school in a denomination that will let her continue to be a stripper.

***That shouldn't be difficult in Northern California.

Do you live in Northern California? I know of *no* private Christian schools in the Sacramento area that would consider her profession acceptable. If there *is* one I'd sure like to know what school it is.

[homeschool mama]

**The school is there for the children. Not the parents. The children. **

Ahhh...but will the atheists sign the Christian school Mission Statement and uphold it?

[homeschool mama]

***Wait a minute. She's paying 400 bucks a month to put her kid in KINDERGARTEN? I have never seen the kindergarten class worth 100 bucks a week. That's not a bad price for 1 through 8, but kindergarten? Kids don't learn much at all in kindergarten. Not only is she a skank, she's a spendthrift. (And that school's got a real nice racket.) ***

The school is based on a lovely campus complete with all the amenities a student could hope for. They use an accelerated curriculum known as Abeka, which is pricey for homeschoolers as well as private schoolers...but is a fantastic curriculum.

I think $400 is outrageous for kindergarten too...but it may include day care fees. I'll be calling the school Monday to inquire about costs since it's not on their website, and get back to the thread with more info.

The private Christian school my daughter attended in k-garten and half of 1st grade was $175 per month.

[homeschool mama]

Northern California isn't San Francisco. Rancho Cordova is in the Sacramento area.