Kade Blume

[CycloneRulzzz]

Roland-Story's Kade Blume won't compete in high school athletics for rest of 2022-23

Roland-Story wrestler Kade Blume won't participate in any extracurricular activities for the remainder of the school year, according to the district.

www.desmoinesregister.com

I assume this has already been posted.

It shouldn't of taken this much outrage for the district and his family to come to this decision. Playing a sport is a privilege and he plead guilty to a crime. When you do something like he did the bare minimum should be you lose that privilege.

 

[FOREVERTRUE]

It shouldn't of taken this much outrage for the district and his family to come to this decision. Playing a sport is a privilege and he plead guilty to a crime. When you do something like he did the bare minimum should be you lose that privilege.

He made the plea on Monday. He hasn't practiced since then. He originally plead not guilty for being tried as an adult.

 

[ISUTex]

IMO, this is a pretty good example of why kids maybe shouldn't have a whole lot to say considering they put this out and it really doesn't say anything. Outside of touching on the cheerleader stuff, which has been taken care of, they don't really put forth anything other than finger waving.

The whole issue, at least to me, is that this is even a news story. Unfortunately things like this happen but we don't hear of all of it because usually there's an adult somewhere that just does the obvious thing. That's the problem. I don't see anything in that statement deriding the adults who don't have the fortitude to just do what I think almost everyone sees as the obvious thing. Now, we probably could debate the future of this kid and whether he's expelled, etc. but in the short term there is no way he should be involved in anything for this school year at an absolute minimum.

I'd bet some cheerleader's mom wrote it, not a bunch of high school kids.

 

[AuH2O]

Nope...it is not wanting to avoid getting sued, it is we will get sued, the kid will still get to participate in his sport during the prep for the trial, we will lose any way because the policy and law don't support removing this kid, and it will cost taxpayers quite a bit of money in the long run. They don't have a leg to stand on.

Again, I understand the frustration and I share it. I am sharing my experience from the administrator side. They are working with what they have and it is not good enough. There has to be more bite to the policy.

Oh FFS, the district has an absolute leg to stand on. They have completely reasonable grounds to suspend him from school and activities due to a concern for the safety of their other students.

People need to stop focusing on the punishment aspect. If a kid posted on social media that he was planning to sexually assault someone, would the school have the right to hold him out of activities and keep him out of school? Of course. They would have the obligation to do so for the safety of other students.

How about if he competes or goes to school and assaults someone else. Imagine that lawsuit. It’s not like perpetrators of this kind of thing are often one and done. He’s a danger to other students.

 

[jcisuclones]

They are full of crap. Kids get suspended for alcohol all the time when they were "off school grounds".

I remember my sophomore year of high school, my track coach suspended a few of the seniors for a meet because he found out they were drinking during spring break in Mexico, legally since they were 18.

 

[ISU22CY]

I remember my sophomore year of high school, my track coach suspended a few of the seniors for a meet because he found out they were drinking during spring break in Mexico, legally since they were 18.

Funny enough there were a few of us that maybe sort of showed up to a party. Someone gave a list of people on the team that were there. I'll say 95% didn't have a sip of alcohol at all but anyways running happened and we all missed a game. My parents simply said don't put yourself in situations and you wouldn't be in this situation...fair enough.

 

[MJ271]

This is where the code of conduct comes into play. If I understand correctly, he “served” his code of conduct suspension, per the schools policy.

The problem itself is a code of conduct penalty can be sexual assault or it can be holding a buddies beer while he’s in the bathroom and the cop sees you. Most code of conducts written by schools are not written for specific crimes. It’s more “if you did something, anything, illegal, you will miss X% of your season.”

This is a great opportunity for districts around our state to reevaluate their current code of conduct.

I understand why the school first looked to the Good Conduct policy, since that's what's normally used for things that happen off school property. But, looking at their student handbook, their harassment policy has the sentence below (p. 46):

This policy is in effect while students are on school grounds, school district property, or on property within the jurisdiction of the school district; while on school-owned and/or school-operated buses, vehicles or chartered buses; while attending or engaged in school activities; and while away from school grounds if the misconduct directly affects the good order, efficient management and welfare of the school district.

If this case doesn't directly affect the good order and welfare of the school district, then I don't know what does. And a couple sentences later:

Students whose behavior is found to be in violation of this policy will be subject to the investigation procedure which may result in discipline, up to and including, suspension and expulsion.

To me, their policy as written pretty clearly allows them to go beyond their Good Conduct Code, which doesn't change based on different actions and has ineligibility for 20% of scheduled competition as the punishment for first violation, like you said.

 

[nfrine]

It's stupid that Sand is wasting time on this because it's not a loan it's a Public Private Partnership (PPP). The only debt involved here is on the side of the investor (Meridiam) which is likely project financing this, the U of I and the state of Iowa have no debt exposure here and the U of I is only on the hook for a relatively small fixed payment every quarter/year.

These structures are hugely advantageous to both sides, the U of I gets 1.2bn up front and then pays the investors a small fee for an agreed term, 50 years in this case. The investors then almost necessarily have to use their own leverage to make a decent return, as the payment is so small that if they were to fund it with entirely equity, the return would be nihil. Usually these projects are project financed with between 85-98% gearing (debt / total capital)

https://www.oecd.org/mena/competitiveness/39297011.pdf

See below for an overview of how PPPs are structured and how money flows
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Source: Work for a competitor of Meridiam that also does these types (PPP)of transactions.

You lost?

 

[BigM]

You lost?

was replying to a post in this thread...

 

[Clonefan32]

I just can't get over the idea of a large number of adults getting together and deciding that protecting one student-athlete was worth jeopardizing the reputation of an entire district, putting dozens of other students-athletes in a difficult position, etc. Protecting this one kid has had a direct impact on dozens and dozens of other kids. I just don't get it.

 

[Cyforce]

Do you have a link to this? I hadnt heard this before and in a town this small we hear everything.

I find it hard to believe that 3 middle school kids who are probably still going thru puberty and think jacking off is gross, would do that on a bus full of their peers into the same gatorade bottle.

Parents didn't want it public. Victim and the 3 all graduated last spring. It's pretty well known if you know parents with kids that age or baseball players. But in the end I really don't care if you believe me or not.

 

[alarson]

I'd bet some cheerleader's mom wrote it, not a bunch of high school kids.

Yeah, anonymous post that claims to speak for a bunch of others?

Even if it's a student, I doubt it actually speaks for more than a few.

 

[nfrine]

Yeah, anonymous post that claims to speak for a bunch of others?

Even if it's a student, I doubt it actually speaks for more than a few.

Kinda like some of the posters on CF then, right?

 

[Carlisle Clone]

Parents didn't want it public. Victim and the 3 all graduated last spring. It's pretty well known if you know parents with kids that age or baseball players. But in the end I really don't care if you believe me or not

So parents didnt want it public but it was pretty well known if you had connections to the baseball team? Got it. Cool story. Maybe next time leave your fantasies in your head instead of testing them out here.

 

[ruflosn]

So parents didnt want it public but it was pretty well known if you had connections to the baseball team? Got it. Cool story. Maybe next time leave your fantasies in your head instead of testing them out here.

You the coach?

 

[MeowingCows]

I just can't get over the idea of a large number of adults getting together and deciding that protecting one student-athlete was worth jeopardizing the reputation of an entire district, putting dozens of other students-athletes in a difficult position, etc. Protecting this one kid has had a direct impact on dozens and dozens of other kids. I just don't get it.

I've got a controversial take on it -- star athletes for a school >>>> anyone else there, especially in small districts.

 

[MeowingCows]

I'd bet some cheerleader's mom wrote it, not a bunch of high school kids.

I love that its a massive wall of text which basically says...nothing. And also chastises everyone else's "information" whilst providing no "facts" of its own. How constructive.

 

[CapnCy]

Roland-Story wrestling cheerleaders asked to sign off on district statement, parents allege

STORY CITY, Iowa — When Kade Blume returned to the wrestling mat last Saturday for Roland-Story, some Norsemen cheerleaders had reservations about being mat-side. WHO13 has heard from several…

who13.com

The incompetence of this school district is absolutely staggering. Leadership at every level seems to be slimy as hell.

Agree.

Also, small town schools leadership will likely continue to dwindle as the state of education gets devalued in our state.

 

[CyCity]

Yeah, equating unproven rumors of a kid swiping a sweatshirt with what the Blume kid pled guilty to doing makes plenty of sense.

Duh.

Twedt never stole anything from Iowa State nor would he ever do anything like that. He’s a very good kid.

 

[Cyforce]

So parents didnt want it public but it was pretty well known if you had connections to the baseball team? Got it. Cool story. Maybe next time leave your fantasies in your head instead of testing them out here.

They didn't want to put their kid through the trauma of a trial. Again I don't give a **** what you think?