Othern wo threads about coaches reminded me about the Academy softball coach getting arrested for inappropriate relationship with a student that occurred four years ago. Was surprised that hasn't been discussed here. Not many details in the news.

I have a few friends close to the situation there.

Unfortunate.

Just a reminder to the married Ags out there to not let your guard down or put yourself in these situations.

Coach wasn't married was he?

c-jags said:

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I have a few friends close to the situation there.

Unfortunate.

Just a reminder to the married Ags out there to not let your guard down or put yourself in these situations.

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Not let your guard down? Was it just a slip up?

BohunkAg said:

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c-jags said:

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I have a few friends close to the situation there.

Unfortunate.

Just a reminder to the married Ags out there to not let your guard down or put yourself in these situations.

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Not let your guard down? Was it just a slip up?

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i'm just saying that it's wise to not let your guard down in a situation that can lead to improper behavior.

i.e. i don't take lunch meetings with women that aren't my wife. ever. friends that are coaches of female sports have an always open door policy when their athletes are in the office, or bring in another female coach when a closed door is warranted.

do you not trust yourself around women who arent your wife?

this warmed my heart, c-jags. i appreciate that you're putting those limits on yourself because you know your sin, and not because you presume women to be jezebel-types who can't be trusted. i have definitely sensed that attitude in evangelical circles.

Maybe the best message I've ever read on this site.

The whole situation is a shame. How does BISD keep similar things out of the media?

Probably because they have a media person that is a pro at this. Academy probably does not. It has happened at BISD for sure.

Current media director was fairly high up on the Obama campaign if I remember correctly. Probably good at spin. Not meaning that in a bad way.

Interesting. May be correct. Heard yesterday that they've had 5 instances occur at A&M Consolidated HS in the last 2 years, but I don't recall seeing any of those in the news either. The one that occurred in Caldwell though hit the news. Which is a district similar in size to Academy.

Crusaders41 said:

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Interesting. May be correct. Heard yesterday that they've had 5 instances occur at A&M Consolidated HS in the last 2 years, but I don't recall seeing any of those in the news either. The one that occurred in Caldwell though hit the news. Which is a district similar in size to Academy.

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I would guess that what someone said above about smaller districts not have the resources to "keep the cat in the bag" is true. i.e., professional crisis management.

that's just a guess on my end. Academy may have somebody in that position, but from working in schools for almost 15 years, it definitely happens everywhere, but i'd agree a larger district is probably going to have some mitigation in place.

sometimes it makes the news, sometimes it does not.

i don't fault a district for wanting to keep that on the down low for the record. you obviously don't want the bad behavior of one employee tarnishing the entire district.


a couple of years after i graduated HS one of my friend's younger sisters started "dating" a 22 yo student teacher/coach when she was a junior and kept it up after he got hired. they kept it hush for 2 years and he proposed the night she graduated. nobody cared, but this was almost 20 years ago.

c-jags said:

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that's just a guess on my end. Academy may have somebody in that position, but from working in schools for almost 15 years, it definitely happens everywhere, but i'd agree a larger district is probably going to have some mitigation in place.

sometimes it makes the news, sometimes it does not.

i don't fault a district for wanting to keep that on the down low for the record. you obviously don't want the bad behavior of one employee tarnishing the entire district.


a couple of years after i graduated HS one of my friend's younger sisters started "dating" a 22 yo student teacher/coach when she was a junior and kept it up after he got hired. they kept it hush for 2 years and he proposed the night she graduated. nobody cared, but this was almost 20 years ago.

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Definitely different 20 years ago before the advent of social media. Had some situations like that in West back in the day too. I'm sure they wouldn't fly now.

I can understand it makes the news when charges are filed, but how in the heck does BISD keep folks from filing charges? When my son was in high school, a staffer got busted for having a relationship with one of his friends. And as far as I remember, charges weren't filed. A friend of a friend was supposedly fired for doing "favors" for boys in the parking lot. No charges filed. Earlier this year, a student athlete took the phone of a teammate, who had some pics of herself that she shared with her boyfriends. This student text the pics to herself and for some reason sent these pics to other classmates. That's distribution of child pron, by both girls. Nothing happened to either student. Not even dismissal from athletics. All Parents got an email from the principal about the importance of teaching our kids to lock their phones and not share the passwords. Because of potential predators.
So if charges do get filed, out local media looks away.