Reid Sagehorn Image: Jacki V. Photography |
The charge was based on a posting that happened back in
January when Sagehorn, who is a member of the National Honor Society and
captain of the Rogers football and basketball teams replied, “Actually, yeah”
to an online question about whether he had “made out” with a 28-year-old
teacher. Sagehorn later said the response was meant sarcastically and that
there was no relationship.
“Reid’s
posting was meant to be taken in jest,” the suit says. “This was a mistake. … He
never intended for anyone to believe his post.” But the school did not see it
that way; they first suspended the student for 5 days for “damaging a teacher’s
reputation.” As the officials began to investigate the possible relationship,
the suspension was increased to 10 days, and then nearly two months.
Sagehorn
was also a minor when he posed the tweet, and says his name will forever be
linked with the term “felony.” Sagehorn says he lost his basketball
captainship and his spot on the baseball team, and was forced to change schools
as a result of the suspension and surrounding drama. The district says the
"door is still open" for the disgraced student to return to Rogers
High and finish out his senior year.
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