How many football players at Highlands actually live in Ft. Thomas

 

Welcome to BGP, purple blood!!!!! It's always good to see new people join the site and jump right into the fray. Welcome aboard.

 

I'm not completely sure but I do believe that you'll find that a lot more players at Highlands do live in Ft. Thomas than people want to believe.

How many football players at Highlands actually live in Ft. Thomas

Hello PB, welcome to BGP! From what I understand, quite a lot. They seem to do very well developing their own kids.

Those are good questions, but those debates would be in a different thread. Such as, Does distance an athlete lives from the school matter? or Does the amount of reduced lunch students matter? Etc.

 

Most definitely it matters. But, it's one of those things you can't say.

 

Distance from school, poverty, reduced lunch, special education, etc. all play a huge factor in the overall success of a school; academic and athletic.

 

Those with rose colored glasses on cant and/or choose not to see this, though.

 

Most definitely it matters. But, it's one of those things you can't say.

 

Distance from school, poverty, reduced lunch, special education, etc. all play a huge factor in the overall success of a school; academic and athletic.

 

Those with rose colored glasses on cant and/or choose not to see this, though.

 

Smart cat right here......^^^^^

How many football players at Highlands actually live in Ft. Thomas

 

None...They come from all over the country to play at HHS..Most of the kids fly in on Sunday night and fly out after the games on Friday..Most of the kids stay in dorms on campus. They get their choice of an Escalade or Corvette to drive around in while they are at school. Every kid has a private tutor to get their ACT scores up..:puke:

None...They come from all over the country to play at HHS..Most of the kids fly in on Sunday night and fly out after the games on Friday..Most of the kids stay in dorms on campus. They get their choice of an Escalade or Corvette to drive around in while they are at school. Every kid has a private tutor to get their ACT scores up..:puke:

 

I understand your angst at the question but it could have been an honest question with no ill intentions behind it. Possibly.

I understand your angst at the question but it could have been an honest question with no ill intentions behind it. Possibly.

 

Yeah right..:clap:

I understand your angst at the question but it could have been an honest question with no ill intentions behind it. Possibly.

 

Especially since the poster is brand new! Was kind of a loaded question though.

How many football players at Highlands actually live in Ft. Thomas

 

Not close enough to the program to know but a couple years ago I believe on varsity there were 3 or 4 out of 80 something who didn't live in Fort Thomas. I believe at the time someone close to the program said including freshman there were 5 or 6 out of 120 something.

Yeah right..:clap:

 

It is funny! We hear that all the time and it gets old. And I will give the new poster the benefit of the doubt, but my gut says it was a shot at HHS. We are very proud that we develop our own kids and watch them transform into amazing kids and athletes, so this hits us below the belt a little. Not because we get defensive because of the preceived notion, but because of what I stated earlier.

 

Yes, we do have kids that transfer in to play football because of the success of the program and the education. We've discussed this 100 times and most understand that. However as one other poster stated, the number of kids that transfer into HHS for education drastically outweighs the number that come for football. I would say 95% (maybe more) of the football team actually live in Ft. Thomas and the vast majority of them are kids that were born in the community or have parents that are alumni and have moved back for to Ft. Thomas for schooling and football (or other sports) Ft. Thomas is a very close community and you end up seeing the last names of the kids repeat themselves on the football field year after year...

Most definitely it matters. But, it's one of those things you can't say.

 

Distance from school, poverty, reduced lunch, special education, etc. all play a huge factor in the overall success of a school; academic and athletic.

 

Those with rose colored glasses on cant and/or choose not to see this, though.

 

I agree. My previous comment was saying that the subject at hand is enrollment. Other factors would be a different debate because this thread is titled, "Does enrollment size matter?"

Especially since the poster is brand new! Was kind of a loaded question though.

 

I don't disagree at all. I know all about loaded questions.

Yeah right..:clap:

 

You never know. Could have just been curious. We just have the question at face value right now. Nothing more. Nothing less.

You never know. Could have just been curious. We just have the question at face value right now. Nothing more. Nothing less.

 

Seems a little suspicious...:eek:

How many football players at Highlands actually live in Ft. Thomas

I'm assuming your a purple of the bghs variety. Having lived in Ft. Thomas about 60 percent of my life and Bowling Green the last 40 percent, I always get tickled hearing about all the kids from Ohio and other Northern Ky counties playing for the Birds. Even heard we're a private Catholic school. I know for a fact the Warren County school system attempted to determine the number of out of district kids playing for the Purples in various sports. Football was somewhere in the 35 percent area and some sports like baseball and soccer were close to 50 percent out of district. This didn't include parents that use business addresses and rental property addresses for in district enrollment purposes so the numbers are probably even higher. Granted Warren County is expanding rapidly and the Bowling Green City School district is land locked and needs out of district school kids to fill it's enrollment but I feel very comfortable in saying Bowling Green Football benefits from out of district kids to a much greater extent than the Birds by a factor of about 6 to 7 to 1. Welcome to Blue Grass Preps!