Sure it is practical. Take each elementary, middle school and high school and turn them into a K-12 building. Yes, there may need to be busing in some rural counties, but eliminate as much busing as possible. Think of the cost savings.

 

OK - I'll bite - Are you nuts? Instead of 2 HS's in a given area (say county for example) you propose 8. I'll give you the fact that the buildings already exist and are already in operation. You're forgetting some major points. All those elementary schools would have to be retrofitted to handle HS Students. And don't forget about the athletic facilities.

 

Any of those elementary schools or Jr Highs have a Calculus teacher? 2 Calculus teachers could handle all the classes at a large combined high school - your plan would mean finding 1 Calculus teacher at each school. Now multiply that out across all subjects. Do you see where this is going?

I always wondered at what point a school district said alright enrollment is to high or to low, time to split or combine.

I always wondered at what point a school district said alright enrollment is to high or to low, time to split or combine.

 

1,200 seems to be a ballpark average.

OK - I'll bite - Are you nuts? Instead of 2 HS's in a given area (say county for example) you propose 8. I'll give you the fact that the buildings already exist and are already in operation. You're forgetting some major points. All those elementary schools would have to be retrofitted to handle HS Students. And don't forget about the athletic facilities.

 

Any of those elementary schools or Jr Highs have a Calculus teacher? 2 Calculus teachers could handle all the classes at a large combined high school - your plan would mean finding 1 Calculus teacher at each school. Now multiply that out across all subjects. Do you see where this is going?

 

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I say merge Cooper' date=' Boone Co., Ryle and Conner and create a football team that can win a 6A football title.[/quote']

 

The state couldn't handle that powerhouse.

You should also consider if the district borders a fellow independent or a county school system. In the case of Silver Grove, no other independent borders it, so it would be merged with the county in a likely scenario.

 

 

Here's the link to the maps, which may or not be completely correct due to their age:

Kentucky: Department of Revenue - Scanned Images for Boundary Information

For athletic purposes and curiosity, I'd love to see Ryle, Cooper and Conner merged into 1 school.

For athletic purposes and curiosity, I'd love to see Ryle, Cooper and Conner merged into 1 school.

 

Well heck Hellbird...lots of people can throw out names like that and say lets see how good they would be. Hummm...how about McCracken Co, Paducah Tilghman and Graves County. Sure if you took 3 big schools by themselves and merged, they should be good comparatively. Let others do the same and everything goes back to a level playing field and everything equals back out.

There's a place called Newport Catholic that already has that. :up:

 

That's because 90% of the school is related.:ohbrother:

Well heck Hellbird...lots of people can throw out names like that and say lets see how good they would be. Hummm...how about McCracken Co, Paducah Tilghman and Graves County. Sure if you took 3 big schools by themselves and merged, they should be good comparatively. Let others do the same and everything goes back to a level playing field and everything equals back out.

 

Harlan Co combined what? Something like 4-5 schools?

 

Not everyone is successful athletic wise when that happens. You still need the athletes.

Harlan Co combined what? Something like 4-5 schools?

 

Not everyone is successful athletic wise when that happens. You still need the athletes.

 

Evarts, Cumberland, and Cawood.