It will come down to what we hear and what is true from what hear. Will be interesting how it will play out.

 

...I'm not talking hearsay. I've seen blueprints. I suppose they could have changed plan since I saw the prints, but I'm not just making an educated guess at what has happened and what's going to go down.

Joe Walter lives in Boone County. His wife works at Cooper!

 

Paging Hellbird ..........

I just read the 1st post to the wife, after her rant she asked what ex Bengals kid goes there? I said Joe Walters lol

 

All I have to say is Bengals really dropped the ball here. No one can convince me a private school with Field Turf field already deserves the help more than another school etc.

 

Not impressed with the Bengals on this one at all

If you read that again, though, it says "all organizations applying for funds must be located specifically and exclusively within NFL Target Markets, listed in Attachment A and serve low to moderate-income areas within those markets".

 

The word 'serve' is the kicker there. Cov Cath definitely serves low to moderate-income areas. The majority of the student body at large may not be representative of those areas, but there are definitely students coming from those areas nonetheless.

Yea Ft. Mitchell and Park Hills is FAR From moderate to low income areas!!!!! I grew up there, you are talking about the most affluent areas in NKY.

Yea Ft. Mitchell and Park Hills is FAR From moderate to low income areas!!!!! I grew up there, you are talking about the most affluent areas in NKY.

 

Just keep reading on to posts 63 and 66.

 

(And for the record, there are PLENTY of low-income homes in Park Hills. Not all of Park Hills is Cleveland Avenue and Emerson Road. Check out some of the section 8 apartments around town.)

Just keep reading on to posts 63 and 66.

 

(And for the record, there are PLENTY of low-income homes in Park Hills. Not all of Park Hills is Cleveland Avenue and Emerson Road. Check out some of the section 8 apartments around town.)

 

I just read all the post, I agree with some. With that said, anyone who can afford to pay 8K a year to a private school usually isn't low income.

All private schools have to have people on staff who know how to effectively write a grant application and to solicit local businesses/donors/organizations.

 

I'm surprised that public schools do not take this route.

 

If I read the earlier post correctly, you have to be a non profit organization to qualify. Are public schools classified as non profits?

Just keep reading on to posts 63 and 66.

 

(And for the record, there are PLENTY of low-income homes in Park Hills. Not all of Park Hills is Cleveland Avenue and Emerson Road. Check out some of the section 8 apartments around town.)

 

How many CCH students live in these homes? LOL... you should do standup!

I just read all the post, I agree with some. With that said, anyone who can afford to pay 8K a year to a private school usually isn't low income.

 

Cov Cath doles out almost half a mil in tuition assistance each year - $435,000. That's over 54 students worth of full tuition...although it's more often than not used to reduce tuition rather than cover the cost completely. Regardless, with 565 enrolled students, that means they gave out enough tuition assistance to cover a about tenth of their total tuition costs. You could also look at that by saying that, hypothetically, 1 out of 10 students goes for free.

 

Anywho, yes, most students at Cov Cath are not coming from households that you would call low to moderate-income. However, that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of them there. And again, I'm not going to knock Cov Cath (or ANY school) for asking for the money. This grant was applied for early last year, and they did the work to become one of only 15 schools nationwide to receive the grant - including putting forth the efforts to raise the required funds to match the NFL's grant.

How many CCH students live in these homes? LOL... you should do standup!

 

While I was at Cov Cath, I played football with two offensive linemen who came from low income. One grew up in the St. Joseph Apartments at the top of St. Joseph Lane in Park Hills (look 'em up....they're government assisted housing units). Another grew up on Philadelphia Street in Covington. He went on to get a football scholarship to Georgetown and he's a physicist now. I also graduated with a guy who lived on West Watkins in Covington, and I was in the wedding of a Cov Cath classmate who grew up on Ludford in Ludlow. He went to Xavier University on a full ride for art. There was also a baseball player in my class who lived on Butler Street in Ludlow - I found out where he lived during the '97 Ohio River Flood when Cov Cath organized volunteers from the school to go help his family and the neighboring families move their belongings out before they were overtaken by the Ohio River.

 

Now, I went to school with about 110 other guys who DIDN'T come from those neighborhoods or income levels, but I'll be damned if those fellas didn't appreciate the money their families got from Cov Cath to help them make tuition. How does Cov Cath, a not-for-profit organization, come by the money to help students like them with tuition? Grant money.

 

I'll be here all week.

:lol2:

 

In all honesty, in my day there were ten jalopies in Cov Cath's parking lot for every one in Beechwood's. Why? Because there were more Beechwood parents who could afford decent cars for their 16 and 17 year olds since they weren't shelling out $5-6K per year for their tuition. Also for what it's worth, Cov Cath is currently almost $8K a year.

 

You aren't asking for sympathy because people CHOOSE to pay $8k a year for high school are you?

You aren't asking for sympathy because people CHOOSE to pay $8k a year for high school are you?

 

Negative.

While I was at Cov Cath, I played football with two offensive linemen who came from low income. One grew up in the St. Joseph Apartments at the top of St. Joseph Lane in Park Hills (look 'em up....they're government assisted housing units). Another grew up on Philadelphia Street in Covington. He went on to get a football scholarship to Georgetown and he's a physicist now. I also graduated with a guy who lived on West Watkins in Covington, and I was in the wedding of a Cov Cath classmate who grew up on Ludford in Ludlow. He went to Xavier University on a full ride for art. There was also a baseball player in my class who lived on Butler Street in Ludlow - I found out where he lived during the '97 Ohio River Flood when Cov Cath organized volunteers from the school to go help his family and the neighboring families move their belongings out before they were overtaken by the Ohio River.

 

Now, I went to school with about 110 other guys who DIDN'T come from those neighborhoods or income levels, but I'll be damned if those fellas didn't appreciate the money their families got from Cov Cath to help them make tuition. How does Cov Cath, a not-for-profit organization, come by the money to help students like them with tuition? Grant money.

 

I'll be here all week.

 

I understand what you're trying to say but it's not working.

Now you are talking about how CCH can afford to give numerous scholarships out every year to cover the 8K tuition costs while other public schools can't even afford to have many things needed.

 

I'm happy for CCH, they applied and were afforded the grant. The Bengals are the ones I am disappointed in for not doing their research if they feel CCH is more deserving than many other schools.

:sssh:

I understand what you're trying to say but it's not working.

Now you are talking about how CCH can afford to give numerous scholarships out every year to cover the 8K tuition costs while other public schools can't even afford to have many things needed.

 

I'm happy for CCH, they applied and were afforded the grant. The Bengals are the ones I am disappointed in for not doing their research if they feel CCH is more deserving than many other schools.

 

I haven't read all the replies in this thread, but I'm happy for CovCath getting all this "jack", although I wish my Breds were getting it. CovCath is in the same boat as NewCath and that being said, the so called "scholarships" you are referring to DO NOT & CAN NOT cover the full amount of tuition. They come from donations from Alum and supports of the school. They both have Tuition Assistance Funds built up by numerous fundraisers. Maybe the public schools should take a page from the privates and have their parents go the "extra mile" for the many things they need or maybe dig into their pockets a little deeper since they don't have to pay tuition.

 

NCC Scholarships - Newport Central Catholic High School

Tuition Information - Newport Central Catholic High School

 

Covington Catholic High School: Scholarship Opportunities

Covington Catholic High School: Tuition Assistance

Good for CCH on having people who are obviously good at writing grants as well as being able to get this grant.

 

Bad for the NFL and Bengals, their guidelines for accepting grants seems flawed and needs work, if not, then take the low to middle income thing out.

 

Again, I'm happy CCH was able to get this grant, but come on people, when people think low to middle of the road income in NKY you think a river city., you know, where you don't have to search to find them, as you can look right out the school door and see the low income.

 

Cincy St X, with over 2,000 students, in a very nice neighborhood could claim the same, as they have a tremendous program to help low income families get into St X. I'm guessing schools such as Trinity have big assistance programs as well, but the school as a whole is not even close to being low income.

 

I think some are looking at many posts in this thread as being an attack on CCH, which is simply not true.

 

But in closing, more schools need to have food grant writers, or at least people searching for grants.