If ANY of This is True, Deshler Needs 100% New Staff

 

Deshler is an old and, we thought, respected school. When a reader asked a few years ago if the name shouldn't be changed, we received a ton of mail opposing such a plan.

Do we believe the above is 100% correct? NDAs signed by children are worthless, and Deshler staff would surely know this. Was it a bear hug or a choke hold? Big difference. Are authorities doing their best? We believe they are (that's police, not school staff). Chief Logan has said the Colbert County Sheriff's office would double check the police findings. That doesn't sound like trying to hide anything.

Yet it shouldn't take police to make Deshler admins/staff tell the truth. For those calling the alleged perp a pedophile, remember that dating doesn't always involve sex. There's nothing illegal about a 17 year-old simply dating a 14 year-old.

However, there is something highly illegal about this 17 year-old slamming the head of a 15 year-old into the concrete. If that's what really happened, the school should stand firmly behind the victim...not the perp.