The TSIS Accountability Project series, by Joe & Sharon Byerly. Posts every 1–2 days.
What you'll find here is a structured account of: what we experienced, what was reported, how those reports were handled, and what it cost to speak up. Each post focuses on a specific aspect and can be read independently or in order. For the primary testimony, see the full community letter.
We kept speaking. We kept advocating. But trauma kept us from telling this story…until now.
We left Tien Shan International School in January 2025 after a teacher engaged in grooming behaviors, staff reports were suppressed, and the administration altered documented findings. This is why we left.
Continue reading Part One →Fear, trauma, and the system that enforces silence.
Speaking up inside Tien Shan is costly — immediately. What happens to those who raise concerns, and why staff who witness harm stay quiet.
Continue reading Part Two →Not students. Not staff. It protects itself.
TSIS operates like many institutions: its primary priority is its own survival. The pattern of dismissed prevention, missing safeguards, and closing ranks when leadership is challenged.
Continue reading Part Three →A chronological timeline of what happened and when — Part 1 of the timeline series.
Early warnings, self-identification during safeguarding training, corroborating reports from students and teachers, and the child-safety team's 11-page formal documentation. August to September 2024.
Continue reading Part Four →New posts every 1–2 days. If you would like to share your own experience with Tien Shan International School, you can submit a report confidentially.