<div>This GoFundMe is being created by members of the Mesa community who believe in fairness, integrity, and standing up for those who have given their lives in service to others.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>We are writing as friends, colleagues, parents, and supporters of the Thomas and Klecka families — families who have given more to Mesa Public Schools than most people will ever truly understand.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>For more than 30 years, Kirk Thomas and David Klecka dedicated their careers to students, staff, and families across Mesa. Kirk spent the last decade as principal of Mesa High School, leading with compassion, strength, and an unwavering commitment to doing what was right — even when it came at personal cost.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>In February 2025, a student incident occurred and was addressed at the time. No criminal charges were filed. The matter was considered resolved. Nearly a year later, however, the District reopened the situation and ultimately chose to non-renew both Kirk and David’s contracts — without providing them a fair and meaningful opportunity to fully defend their names.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>These are not men with disciplinary histories. These are leaders with decades of unblemished service, countless lives impacted, and reputations built on trust.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>As a community, watching this happen to them has been heartbreaking.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>We know the sacrifices they made — the long nights, the weekends, the time away from their families — all in service to a community they loved. To see their careers reduced to silence, speculation, and unanswered questions has been devastating.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>This fundraiser exists because the Mesa community believes they deserve the chance to seek truth, fairness, and accountability. The funds will help the Thomas and Klecka families cover attorney fees so they can pursue that opportunity.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>They are not asking for sympathy.
</div>
<div>They are asking for the chance to be heard.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>If you believe in due process, integrity, and standing with educators who gave everything they had to Mesa, we invite you to stand with them now.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Even sharing this message matters.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Kirk Thomas and David Klecka gave Mesa their hearts.
</div>
<div>Now, as a community, we give our support back to them.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Thank you for standing with them.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>

Toni Monti

Anonymous

Chris Klecka

Shawnette Davis

Kristen Minor

Nicole Bascombe

Shelli Amundsen

Leonardo Acosta

Andy Hebrard

Jennifer Hornsby

Karen Turner

Debra Grady Helm

Amy Linzey

Mark Byrne-Quinn

Standing With Kirk Thomas & David Klecka

Support urgent earthquake relief and past recovery in Venezuela.

Apoya la ayuda urgente tras el terremoto y los esfuerzos de recuperación en Venezuela.

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

Eligible for Profile Share Badge

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

Support Comments Allowlist

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

isEligibleForProfileBadge

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.3.0 and above

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Standing With Kirk Thomas & David Klecka

Still $4,450 to go. Help us build momentum.