Neither of those reports tell what really went down. Mayo and Walker transferred together to Rose Hill, both as 8th graders. Rose Hill, being a small school, didn’t have room in the 8th grade for both of them, so they put Mayo in an 8th grade class and Walker in a 9th grade class telling Walker that they would switch him back to where he should have landed – the 8th grade – when room opened up later in the year. Once basketball season started neither Mayo, Walker, nor their advisor Barnes, got along with the Rose Hill coach, and they decided to leave before the year was over, or before Rose Hill could or would switch Walker back to his rightful class. When Mayo and Walker left for North College Hill, Rose Hill was pissed at the situation and evidently to “punish” Walker for leaving they refused to put on his transcript the part about the promised class switch. Barnes thought that all he had to do was enroll Walker at North College Hill as an 8th grader, which is where he should have been, and the problem would solve itself. Four years later the matter re-emerged and OHSAA ruled on what Rose Hill’s transcripts indicated. And as it turn out it may be the best thing that could happen to both Bill Walker and K-State.
