“Regarding personnel matters I really can’t comment,” said Simeroth. “Anything that happens or doesn’t happen, we don’t have a timeline for anything, because nothing has been done yet.” That's why we pay him the big bucks. Has he ever given a straight up answer to anything since coming here? Enough of the self serving congratulatory pieces on perfect scores, let's hear how individuals are being served and protected--- and I mean the students, not the staff.

They do like to use the 'confidentiality' thing as a shield, don't they? I don't know how related this resignation is to the alleged sexual harassment cases, but unless someone can explain how the ineligible player issue came to be without either willful ignorance, incompetence, or active complicity on the part of the AD, I think the AD should never have been offered a new contract. Why it was offered and now resignations are demanded is really a mystery. I could speculate on some rational scenarios, but none of them put the District in a good light. The confidentiality shield is not serving any innocents in any of these cases. But, we who pay the freight on that little Peyton Place had better get involved and get answers because there are some huge liability issues Simmering---- just what we know right now could cost us millions should the scenario make a really bad turn. And more importantly, we have to question if our schools are serving our students as well as the Admin would want us to believe with their hallelujah chorus come time for standardized testing results.

I have known Drew Young for nearly 40 years and anything that he did you can be assured that any honorable and decent man would have done the same.

Schools are bound legally to not share confidential employee information. Whether anything is being done to alleviate a reported incident is to be confidential. This does not mean nothing is being done. Procedures must be followed. Insinuations cannot be made as to what discipline actions might or might not take place with any employee. The paper however is not bound by that and has chosen to stir things up with unsubstantiated facts. This does not mean their statements are right or wrong. It means nothing official has been reported by the school who has to deal with the situation but the paper has chosen to report on accusations and hearsay. I believe this is unfair to all parties involved. To incite guilt of anyone prior to fair opportunity to provide evidence and investigation is wrong, regardless of guilt or innocence. This will be hard on our small town in ways many are not considering. If choices were made that were inappropriate I believe they will be dealt with. We have a strong school system. The accusations are very worrysome. Our children are the most important part of our community. I say sit back and watch for a while. Don't let our gut reactions get in the way.

I totally agree with dhssophmore2010!!! But, also referring to the article, wouldn't you think that the Assistant A.D. be just as, if not more, guilty than Mr. Young??? Just who is the school board trying to protect???

I think we asked the wrong man to resign...wow and Hudson is still walking the halls and Young has not returned..I think that is a little backwards. But I guess in Durant ineligibilty is grounds for termination, not sexual misconduct with a student...AMAZING AND SCARY!!!