March 27, 200620 yr Just a question to ponder: To my knowledge, private schools are allowed to admit whomever passes the necessary admission requirements even though the student may be from another county and this is all within current KHSAA guidelines. If public schools were allowed, by whomever makes their admission policies, to accept students from other counties, would any of them do that knowing that they would be making the "playing field unlevel" for other schools?
March 27, 200620 yr Just a question to ponder: To my knowledge, private schools are allowed to admit whomever passes the necessary admission requirements even though the student may be from another county and this is all within current KHSAA guidelines. If public schools were allowed, by whomever makes their admission policies, to accept students from other counties, would any of them do that knowing that they would be making the "playing field unlevel" for other schools? Public schools can do this and some do. Several public schools have open enrollment. That is deciding by a local board. For some in a suburban area, it can change who they can put on the field. For those in a rural area, open enrollment would not really change the outlook of their sports programs too much. I believe Kenton County schools have open enrollment in the county. You can attend any of the 3 public high schools. Not sure, but thing Beechwood and Highlands are somewhat liberal on who they accept outside city limits. In the last two cases, I am fairly secure in saying, you might be paying a tuition fee if you do not live in city limits.
March 27, 200620 yr I have a question for all. Rose Hill has 77 students according to the information I read in one of the papers. Does anyone every envision a public school with only 77 students ever making the championship game of either boys/girls basketball? You are wiser than this. A public school with such a small enrollment would not exist. It would have been merged with a larger school long ago.
March 27, 200620 yr KY should keep the state tourney just the way it is, however, the private schools should not be allowed to compete. It just isn't fair!! :rolleyes:
March 28, 200620 yr KY should keep the state tourney just the way it is, however, the private schools should not be allowed to compete. It just isn't fair!! Maybe they should quit keeping score in the games also, that has always seemed so "mean-spirited".
March 28, 200620 yr Maybe they should quit keeping score in the games also, that has always seemed so "mean-spirited". Great idea... :thumb: We need to stop givng kids report cards with actual grades on them too while we're at it. Who knows how all those D's and F's are affecting kids self-esteem?
March 28, 200620 yr Great idea... :thumb: We need to stop givng kids report cards with actual grades on them too while we're at it. Who knows how all those D's and F's are affecting kids self-esteem? :lol: :lol:
March 28, 200620 yr I think that this game proves that there should be seperate championchips. But, I really dobut if that will happen. No Privates in the Boy's state championship show that it shouldn't be split.
March 31, 200620 yr You are wiser than this. A public school with such a small enrollment would not exist. It would have been merged with a larger school long ago. Incorrect assumption on your part, there are public schools of this size. I believe Augusta has 200some students grades k-12.
March 31, 200620 yr Basketball needs classification by enrollment more than it needs a public/private split.
March 31, 200620 yr Sure... just dump the David School, Riverside Christian and Rose Hill with their enrollments below 100 in with Lexington Catholic and the big Louisville and Northern Kentucky private schools with enrollments above 1,000. Sounds fair to me... ...not! The only people who would claim that such a public/private split is equitable are overly biased public school proponents.
March 31, 200620 yr I have a question for all. Rose Hill has 77 students according to the information I read in one of the papers. Does anyone every envision a public school with only 77 students ever making the championship game of either boys/girls basketball? I think they made a movie about just this sort of thing in another state not to far away from here, it stared oh what's his name... Gene Hackman...:devil:
March 31, 200620 yr I think they made a movie about just this sort of thing in another state not to far away from here, it stared oh what's his name... Gene Hackman...:devil: I believe that was about 50 years ago in a far different era when that type of school was common.
March 31, 200620 yr Smaller schools were more common yes, but they still had to defeat other schools with much larger student populations and more resources. It was just a different time, but the same obstacles had to be overcome.
March 31, 200620 yr Smaller schools were more common yes, but they still had to defeat other schools with much larger student populations and more resources. It was just a different time, but the same obstacles had to be overcome. I think the movie shows they did not face a much larger school until that championship game. They pretty much faced teams similar to them until that point. Not sure how accurate that is portrayed in the movie but the perception of the movie was that they did not face the challenge you have mentioned till the championship game. Today, that is the challenge in many cases 1st round of the district. Also, I do not believe that the best players in a surrounding area had pooled in one school as LexCath had this year.
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