BREAKING: Blume Expelled - Kicked out of school
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Your cesspool Christmas gift might not arrive this year. Just sayin.
1. I haven’t seen anyone saying the kid or school got rail roaded.
2. You might consider getting psychological help….seriously
1. I wasn't referring to people on this board. There's more than just this board in life.
2. Why?
I sure hope he attends college, wrestles in college and otherwise turn his life around. We've got to remember, that regardless of what a sick act this was, it's still a low level felony. I don't want this kid to burn in hell and kiss his life goodbye for what he did one night when he 16 or 17 and probably drunk as hell. From a juvenile perspective I think they need to be hard as hell on him so that he learns and grows and hopefully won't be a sick f**k ever again. But at the end of the day I'm thinking we all want him to become a fine adult one day. He's clearly got a hard row to hoe going forward, as do his family members and the poor kid he violated. I hate when young people do completely stupid shit without thinking about the consequences before they act...
I hope he learns from this and turns his life around as well but it's weird how many people are focused on Blume and his future with barely a mention of the kid he assaulted or thoughts about how that kid is going to to move ahead and be ok.
I'm sure like most criminal cases, the DA cut the best deal he/she felt possible. While serving in one of my jobs back in my Army days I'd meet weekly with the installation prosecuting attorneys to go over cases that were in the works and discuss recommendations for the cases (basically do we settle cases out of court, such as accept a plea agreement or do we let it fly). At the end of the day they never wanted to go into a courthouse and lose so they rarely let it fly. I'm thinking that might be what happened here...though clearly I have no clue since I know zero facts of this case (just like the rest of you). We know what the articles say and we know what the kid plead guilty to but unless we were there, we really don't know the facts.
Can you imagine a system where the severity of an act really couldn’t be taken into consideration?
Even speeding ticket fines are based on severity of the infraction.
The criminal case had nothing to do with the school boards code of conduct infractions. If you want to tie them in, a guilty plea was the time to do it. Even the cheerleaders knew that, apparently.
Wrong. Until the case was settled in court, now three days ago, you had an open case I.e no guilty party. Keep in mind that when originally charged as an adult Blume plead not guilty. That school board and district can’t operate outside the law or beyond district policy. It wasn’t an ideal situation and it’s why Blume was gone once the court had a guilty verdict.
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Um, this is completely wrong. You don't have to break any laws for a school to rule you ineligible. In fact, I am guessing a majority of athletic suspensions don't involve law enforcement or students breaking any actual laws
You don’t get it. And I'll bet your name you're not a lawyer, you're not in law enforcement, you're not an administrator, and you're not a mechanic.
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The school district was waiting for a guilty plea. They were worried about getting sued as well. People were calling for the family to be sued but never thought that the school district could be sued as well
They should worry about the victim suing them rather than perp’s family.
Meanwhile... Angelo Ferrari is sitting back with a sigh of relief and realizes that his flexing at the opposing bench may have been cocky and foolish but this Blume kid has stolen the Jackass spotlight for now and the Haters now have a new focal point to direct their attention to. Lets hope they all learn some important life lessons from the mistakes that were made and maturity soon prevails.
Well… I’m not sure he flexed while allegedly mounted on his alleged victim or not.
Expulsions take time. This actually makes a lot of sense. To expel a student there are timelines that have to be followed. Just like the district had to follow what their Good Conduct Policy stated.
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Expulsion wasn’t the initial concern, imo. Allowing the kid to represent a school district in athletic events after a particularly heinous act was.
Doesn’t surprise me one bit.
The people making the decisions are going to make sure they keep their jobs over some high school wrestler.
The story had huge growth potential and they cut ties before it got too large.
The people making the decisions are going to make sure they keep their jobs over some high school wrestler.
The story had huge growth potential and they cut ties before it got too large.
I get that. But, they had to follow whatever policy they had in place with the Good Conduct Policy. I bet they review that soon.
Or they interpreted the policy in a way that got an outcome they were pushed toward? (Threatened toward?)
That can certainly happen too. I guess we will never know on that one.
I am a bit surprised no one jumped on the "1987" in an earlier post.
Who can the victim sue? The school board? The kid who committed the act will face punishment. Can the family also sue him?
Can they sue? Sure. Can/Will they win if they did is the real question...
It looks like they might have been tight rope walking the idea that infraction severity couldn’t be taken into account when looking at school sanctions meted out for juvenile offenses.
They are elected officials. Their continued employment as school board members is a political decision. I believe the court of public opinion will control their fate. They probably didn't do the right thing, if keeping their job was paramount in their decision-making process. Also one already did not keep her job, since she voluntarily resigned.
I am wondering too. Title should be changed if no expulsion. -- suspension is well deserved
What benefits do they receive as a school board member at RS? They are not paid. I guess I am saying keeping, or not keeping, their job in this case really matters very little in the big picture.
Because all records of juvenile offenses are sealed... making severity difficult to take into account?
No need to get courts involved in school conduct policy. The school knew he was charged with crime and that’s all it takes to get made ineligible for sports in state of Iowa.
I’m guessing a school district can .make guidelines that are more strict that state mandate but I doubt less strict will fly.
Good question.
I understand they are non-salaried public officials. I am pretty sure that means they get paid an hourly rate for official public meetings etc, and perhaps reimbursed for some costs. In other words, I believe it's a "side-gig" and they receive some modest payment.
But I agree with you on the bigger picture, in that I doubt their decisions were based on likelihood of continuing in their position.
Yep.
From the terse board president's release and subsequent statements by the resigning board member, it sure sounded like there was some lookup table for violation of student conduct. I inferred that lookup resulted in the original "20% of season suspension" that equated to 3 meets, in part because 1) it didn't occur on school property, and 2) it didn't occur at a school event. Perhaps age is another consideration. Regardless, severity of the violation was not. But that's probably going to change.
If they are like almost all small schools, they receive nothing for serving on the school board.
Thanks. I read somewhere on HR that Roland-Story was a cash cow that needed to protect its interests, which likely biased my perception.
This year I acted as a non-salaried public official (election judge) for my county. I was surprised to learn that I would be paid.
Maybe as the old saying goes, "You get what you pay for."
Does anyone know who the other perpetrator is? Trying to remember as I had a conversation with a RS guy at the Nebraska game. I was a little bit inebriated so I am having trouble remembering but the other perpetrator might have been related to the victim.
Haven't seen it published in any news report. They are probably younger than 16, were considered a juvenile from the beginning, and so all records have been sealed and identity protected from the beginning.
He humiliated another human beyond my comprehension. Just try to imagine how that kid, who is publicly known in his area, feels? How does the victim even look at anyone at his school again? Blume should feel very lucky that the victim's father so far seems to be forgiving. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be.
