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It’s easy to say that, but if you were in the position of the person that happened to, you’d might then realize what you are actually up against…especially in a Special Ed setting where nothing is ever “normal”. I think that’s the thing…it’s really easy to say I would do this or I would do that, but in the heat of the moment, you don’t really know what you would do. Until you are ever in a situation, or see a situation, you can’t say for sure what you’d do. You may stomp your feet and swear up and down you know what you’d do, but more than likely, you don’t.

You know the answer to that without twisting my words. I doubt over reporting is the problem anywhere, including Wise County. But, if you think that is something that is unique to Wise County, think again. Thing is, I don’t live in Wise County and haven’t in years, so I wouldn’t know either way…but I won’t pretend that I do, either.

In an ideal situation, all of that would seem and be “right”. But, let’s say you were doing your job as you were trained to do and someone reports you for something they didn’t think was right. And let’s say they do an investigation and CPS decides that the way you went about that particular situation turns out to be “founded” even though you followed your training, and you lose your job. That happened in a local school system this year. Until you see in action what the letter of the law is, it’s hard to comprehend how poorly that law is written…or the impossibility of knowing for sure what should be reported because once a report is made, it can’t be taken back. People who don’t work in the system tend to have a black and white view of all of this, but the reality is there is rarely black and white. It’s usually grey.

I know what the law is, but you’re missing what I’m saying. If every incident a person “thought” was suspicious was reported, there would be reports everyday because not everyone has the same standard for “suspicious”. And trust me, if you are going to report a person you had better be on the mark. You have to think how hard it took you to get where you have and think “If someone saw me doing the same thing I saw, do I feel they should report me?” If you answer yes to that, then you report. If the answer is no, then it doesn’t rise to the level and you move on.

Thing is, school boards do not discuss matters involving employees in an open forum. They always go to a closed session for that. It’s not like that’s abnormal.

The main thing about playing these games at Salem is that the players don’t get to celebrate their win on the field with their fans. Had that been on the field of either school, when the game ended it would have set off a wild celebration…especially with Strasburg never having won one. The same will be true if Cove can pull theirs out today. If I’m a War Eagle and my team wins, they’d just have to take me to jail cuz I’m going down there. Haha

I’ve seen it go both ways…and I’ve been around it for 25 years now. Just this year I’ve seen someone unjustly let go from a job because of an overzealous reporter…and there are about to be legal ramifications coming soon from what I understand. Besides that aspect, don’t think that when a case is unfounded that the system doesn’t recognize who cost them the extra funds paid for investigating, etc. That’s the main reason you don’t have people just itching to issue a report. According to contracts, an employee doesn’t have to stay in their current school etc, just can’t be demoted. That’s why one should be damn certain if they are going to go forward with something like that. Yes, children must be protected, but workers must be protected as well from inaccurate accusations that can ruin their career.

This right here. If you are going to report, you had best be damn sure of what you are reporting. When someone’s professional life is at stake, there is recourse in the court system…and more often than not, if what is reported is unsubstantiated there can be severe blowback.

A person can’t be compelled to talk to anyone concerning a matter they aren’t an active participant in. On top of that, the constitution, state laws, and unions prevent interrogations of people not involved in situations like this. Teachers are required to report suspected abuse, but it’s not like everyone has access to everyone else’s cell phone or follow their every move at or away from school. But, as I said earlier, the constitution allows for a person to remain silent as far as talking to authorities. As far as this situation goes, everyone by now has heard rumors and innuendo, but very few people know the truth of the situation. Really, I’d say there are only 2 people on this earth who know the real truth as it stands right now. I’m not one of those, so I’ll not judge.

In games like that, you never know when the pivotal moments that will decide the game will arise. Have to seize on every opportunity given. Yesterday, the majority of those went the other way.

The problem with taking your P-Nut football teams out of the in house setting is that when you play a team from another town the focus goes from developing players to winning. At that level, winning is nice but that’s not how you mold players to fit your program. In house you can set rules like: no blitzing, all LBs 5 yards off the ball at the snap, all teams use the same defenses and condensed playbook, no player over a certain weight can run with the ball unless it’s passed to him, etc. These types of rules don’t exactly enhance competition, but they do give players time to learn to do the things on the field they need to learn to do. When you are playing teams from other communities, they aren’t going to want to adhere to that for several reasons, but mainly because their varsity program probably doesn’t run your playbook. For years there was a community Little League football league where the kids participating didn’t learn much at all that would help them past that particular season. This was the case mainly because the folks coaching them wanted to win more than to teach fundamentals. At that age, fundamentals are more important than winning.

Unions is totally in house…or at least last I heard it was. Same 4 teams they’ve had for 50+ years now.

Can’t be denied 3 times inside the 2 and expect to win, especially when 2 of those are self inflicted stops. Union had a good season, but a handful of plays decided that one and most fell Glenvar’s way. Hats off to them.

Unless it’s college football. Then it’s whoever wins the tournament where entry is based almost entirely on people’s opinions.

Chance of rain and snow on Friday, high of 47 on Saturday is at game time, but that’s still 5 days out, too. Subject to change any minute haha