Betsy Layne High School is getting artificial turf. Should be finished by the dead period. Congrats to them!

That is Awsome!!!!!!

Congrats!!

 

I find it amazing that some school systems have the funds to do this. Yet, while others have ZERO funding for athletic departments(outside of salaries) and ZERO funding for transportation to and from school sponsored events!!!:madman::madman::madman:

I am happy for BL but I am interested in hearing how they are paying for this and the more detail the better?

Congrats!!

 

I find it amazing that some school systems have the funds to do this. Yet, while others have ZERO funding for athletic departments(outside of salaries) and ZERO funding for transportation to and from school sponsored events!!!:madman::madman::madman:

 

I would like to know how they afford this as well. I would also like to know the amount of money that is taken from Boone County and allocated to other parts of the state. Anyone know where to find this figure?

Congrats!!

 

I find it amazing that some school systems have the funds to do this. Yet, while others have ZERO funding for athletic departments(outside of salaries) and ZERO funding for transportation to and from school sponsored events!!!:madman::madman::madman:

 

I know nothing about Betsy Layne's finances,but this is probably all done by fund raising.

All of the Floyd Co schools will have turf in the coming years. Prestonburg and Betsy Layne are getting turf this year is my understanding. When Allen Central and South FLoyd combine schools, that school will get turf as well. My understanding is that this has been planned for a few years now and they have fund raised and budgeted funds accordingly.

I would like to know how they afford this as well. I would also like to know the amount of money that is taken from Boone County and allocated to other parts of the state. Anyone know where to find this figure?

 

Can you explain this comment please. Thanks

All of the Floyd Co schools will have turf in the coming years. Prestonburg and Betsy Layne are getting turf this year is my understanding. When Allen Central and South FLoyd combine schools, that school will get turf as well. My understanding is that this has been planned for a few years now and they have fund raised and budgeted funds accordingly.

 

When will South Floyd and Allen Central combine? I hadn't heard that consolidation was in the works.

When will South Floyd and Allen Central combine? I hadn't heard that consolidation was in the works.

 

That is what my contact in Prestonburg has told me repeatedly. I have not heard a time line. Last I had heard was that they were working on making decision of whether to use one of the two schools as the consolidated school or build a new school/add on to one of the existing schools. Part of the decision to get turf at Prestonburg and Betsy Layne was that all county schools had to have turf within a certain time window. (similar to what Kenton Co did years ago when they remolded all of the 3 high schools athletic fields.)

I would like to know how they afford this as well. I would also like to know the amount of money that is taken from Boone County and allocated to other parts of the state. Anyone know where to find this figure?

 

Personally, I wonder how much more Boone Countians (and other Kentuckians) would have to pay in aggregate ENERGY costs if not for the coal mined and easily transported from Eastern Kentucky?

Personally, I wonder how much more Boone Countians (and other Kentuckians) would have to pay in aggregate ENERGY costs if not for the coal mined and easily transported from Eastern Kentucky?

 

Not sure what that has to do with anything posted. But it must be nice for your school district to be able to have a per pupil funding of about $3000 more per pupil than Boone County Schools.

 

How much is your football budget? How pays for your transportation?

 

Since you are 6a, I will tell you what Ryle and Boone's is, budget ZERO!!

 

Football team has to pay their own transportation out of their gate, that is after 50% goes to the athletic dept off the top.

 

 

It's late I will start a thread on this topic tomorrow.

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I would like to know how they afford this as well. I would also like to know the amount of money that is taken from Boone County and allocated to other parts of the state. Anyone know where to find this figure?

 

I think you can find it at the county courthouse, but I'm not sure which office. Maybe TVA, but I don't know. I know I had to find it once years ago and did so through the county. State was no help at the time.

That is what my contact in Prestonburg has told me repeatedly. I have not heard a time line. Last I had heard was that they were working on making decision of whether to use one of the two schools as the consolidated school or build a new school/add on to one of the existing schools. Part of the decision to get turf at Prestonburg and Betsy Layne was that all county schools had to have turf within a certain time window. (similar to what Kenton Co did years ago when they remolded all of the 3 high schools athletic fields.)

 

How old is the South Floyd building?

Not sure what that has to do with anything posted. But it must be nice for your school district to be able to have a per pupil funding of about $3000 more per pupil than Boone County Schools.

 

How much is your football budget? How pays for your transportation?

 

Since you are 6a, I will tell you what Ryle and Boone's is, budget ZERO!!

 

Football team has to pay their own transportation out of their gate, that is after 50% goes to the athletic dept off the top.

 

 

It's late I will start a thread on this topic tomorrow.

 

How it relates: people out in the state (my area as much or more than anybody) complain that 'their money' goes out of their area to help fund Eastern Kentucky (you made a direct comment to this effect), yet they pay some of the lowest energy costs in the country due directly to what comes from E. Ky (my comment...in direct response to your comment). This benefits both residential AND business.

 

If the per pupil spending is $3000 per student in our district, I'm sure it's an average...and likely is skewed toward the poorest, lowest-achieving schools in our district. So, our school (not one of the poorest, lowest-achieving) is, in real terms, nowhere near $3000 per student. Makes sense to put more resources toward areas of town where the tax-base would be next to nothing...if not, we'd have basically a situation like the segregated South in the 30s and 40s (I'm VERY far from what one would call 'Liberal,' but I DO not feel it's best for our society to have schools in economically-depressed areas dependent on what they themselves pay in taxes; are you?).

 

So...what our budget is (transportation included) is 100% dependent on how we do with gate receipts (and, like yours, a lot of that goes toward sports with no gate receipts after expenses are taken out). I'm assuming your question is about, 'how much do we get for athletics from the board?' Same as yours. They pay for SOME of our coaches (not all) and we pay for everything else.

 

If we want more to spend, we either have to raise it ourselves (nobody else gets a cut of that) or we have to put a better product on the field so our gate receipts go up.