Also heard that the girls' softball coach is retiring at the end of this year. But, I think that's mainly due to age/health reasons.

Also heard that the girls' softball coach is retiring at the end of this year. But, I think that's mainly due to age/health reasons.

 

This I can see.

sigh......................to be honest forced is a strong word but kinda would be my answer. There are people not happy with him personally and what he is trying to do with the program. The boosters have so much control, that when they arent happy, things get messy quickly. I cant confirm anything, I hear things from all different angles, Teachers at GCHS, my neighbors son is a Sophmore this year and plays football, what other coaches tell me, what you hear people talking about around town. With they way things have been handled at Grant in the last few years with Basketball, Football, Wrestling, Internally at the school level it doesnt suprise me.

 

When Grant started the search for a new Super this last year I was glad they hired Ron Livingood. He was the Middle School Principal back when the football program started, very supportive of starting the middle school program and supporting all of GC athletics. Hopefully, he can bring all GCHS athletics back to where they belong and get the parents to be supportive of the BIG PICTURE, and not just their own individual pictures.

 

Good luck with that one ... :lol:

 

From my experience around the state, that will always be a losing battle except in extreme circumstances.

I've heard that the current AD will be moving to a spot in the central office next year, and that his spot will be filled by the current girls' head basketball coach...which, will in turn, open a spot there. Anybody hear the same thing?

I hope this is not true but Claudette Herald and the Guffey's are very close and if Darrell Guffey wants to be AD then she will give it to him.

I will also add by saying that letting the football coach go this late should not have happened. Bad move by the administration because this is not fair to the players. If it was going to happen then it should have been done right after the season.

DAWG1's post is damning to many.

 

65% grad rate?

 

If even some of this is true, I'd say "run, Coach, run."

DAWG1's post is damning to many.

 

65% grad rate?

 

If even some of this is true, I'd say "run, Coach, run."

 

 

Clyde, being an alum of GCHS I can confirm that 65% grad rate is about right. My freshman Class had 350+ kids in it and we only had 196 graduate from that class in 4 years. (Of course there are some factors that sway that number, kids moving, we had 9 kids from our class die over that 4 year span.)

All of my numbers about graduation rates and highly qualified teachers come directly from the State of Kentucky Dept of Education website.

What does Coach Arvin teach?

What does Coach Arvin teach?

 

SPED.

Very good teachers and students in the building. Those numbers will get better.

Edited April 10, 201214 yr by Grooms

I've heard that the current AD will be moving to a spot in the central office next year, and that his spot will be filled by the current girls' head basketball coach...which, will in turn, open a spot there. Anybody hear the same thing?

 

That is the talk around town. Become AD or assistant AD, drive school bus, and teach a coaches schedule with credit recovery.

It has been over 2 weeks and still no advertising for the Grant County Head Football Coaching position. Some folks in the administration are saying they can not advertise one til April 30th, because Coach Arvin did not resign but instead was let go by the admin. They won't convene a hiring committee til after the job has been posted for 30 days, so now we are at May 30th. Summer is here and school is out everywhere and we now will start to interview candidates which may take up to 3 weeks and make the necessary background check phone calls, to people who are on summer break. Maybe by July 1st we can make an announcement. I am sure we will get a ton of qualified applicants who would be willing to leave their present team and come to Grant Co 6 weeks prior to the first game. This district just does not get it or does not care. Thanks for being there for our kids. I have been told the boosters give on average $50,000 a year to the team, which seems like it would be a good draw for a coach, but working for a district that just doesn't care is too big of a deterrent I guess.

It has been over 2 weeks and still no advertising for the Grant County Head Football Coaching position. Some folks in the administration are saying they can not advertise one til April 30th, because Coach Arvin did not resign but instead was let go by the admin. They won't convene a hiring committee til after the job has been posted for 30 days, so now we are at May 30th. Summer is here and school is out everywhere and we now will start to interview candidates which may take up to 3 weeks and make the necessary background check phone calls, to people who are on summer break. Maybe by July 1st we can make an announcement. I am sure we will get a ton of qualified applicants who would be willing to leave their present team and come to Grant Co 6 weeks prior to the first game. This district just does not get it or does not care. Thanks for being there for our kids. I have been told the boosters give on average $50,000 a year to the team, which seems like it would be a good draw for a coach, but working for a district that just doesn't care is too big of a deterrent I guess.

 

 

According to one of the teachers at GCHS, they are not attaching the Head Football Coaching Position with a Teaching Job for next school year at this time, which means they do not have to post it. (this could be reasoning for waiting till April 30th to post the opening, perhaps waiting for a Site base meeting?? those are normally held around mid month) Now that doesnt mean they will not hire a teacher, who will then coach football next year (or may have one already in the school system.) This teacher told me that GCHS was still unsure of its teacher needs for next school year.

So every school who fires a coach/teacher can not post a vacancy? If you look on KHSAA for openings there are numerous jobs that say there are no teaching opportunities currently available. But at least you get some candidates to apply and the whole process could be done and as soon as a teaching job comes open. If you have the top five candidates lined up and you want the coach to be a teacher, than what ever teaching vacancy opens up then that coach gets the job. Most schools, if they want a particular coach will find a job for them somewhere in the district. Instead they will wait til a teaching vacancy opens before they put the hiring announcement out. This is wrong and causes an unnecessary delay which will hurt the kids beyond belief. I was told in last weeks meeting that the admin. promised the parents the job announcement would come out late last week or early this week. Maybe one will come out today, I can only hope. But if they wait til April 30th it will just be another lie by the admin. As far as a current GC staff member getting the job, the only ones with experience are the former coach and a couple of former assistants who decided not to come back last year when they did not get the head job that went to Arvin. When they left, Coach Arvin had to hire 2 assistants at the last minute and had to coach the whole year with 3 assistants at a 5A school. So if you only want to be the head coach and quit if you don't get it then you are not there for the kids in my belief. I don't judge people who walk away from coaching for whatever reason but don't come back after 1 year and only for the head job, I have no respect for that. We currently only have 3 coaches on staff and the district's answer for that is, we put an announcement out. They do not recruit coaches or even give interviews to ex- NFL players who want to teach and coach in this county. But they care, just ask them.

I thought Grant County had a policy that both the boys head basketball and head football coaches HAD to be teachers in the district. Is that incorrect?