There was also the Bracken/Robertson (Deming) plan around 1986. New high school was to be built in Powersville.

 

I don't know that story. Care to elaborate?

There was also the Bracken/Robertson (Deming) plan around 1986. New high school was to be built in Powersville.

 

Blue Devils or Black Bears?

Just think if Oldham County had expanded its buildings in 1989 and remained one school. Instead South Oldham was built, and years later North Oldham was established. If Oldham County High School had remained one gigantic campus, I believe the Colonels sports teams would have won multiple state titles in football and boys basketball. Some of the other sports would have also been right there for state titles.

 

Lots of other places can do this "if'n" too though. What if Laurel Co never split? What of the Jessamine Co schools never split? What if the Bullit Co schools never split? What if they never built South Warren? A few years from now, it's going to be "what if Scott Co never split"?

I'm just thinking of all of the students who would not have been attending the combined schools.

Agree OldhamOldie. However, when I think about all the young boys and girls that would have been denied the high school athletic experience and all the valuable life lessons, I believe Oldham went the right path in their case.

 

No one would have been denied anything. It would have allowed our football team to have a two-platoon system with lots of depth, something all three schools have struggled with. No one gets cut from the football team.

 

Now for basketball, it would have made it a situation where the talent was top notch for varsity, reserve, freshmen. Yes, a few players with limited ability might have been eliminated from playing varsity. But Oldham County would have been at a level to compete for state titles, something that is not true in the present situation.

Scott County, Oldham, and Boone were all counties where expansion made sense. They are some of the fastest growing counties in the state. Boone County represented almost 25% of the growth in greater Cincinnati from 2000 to 2010 with continued growth expected all over the county. Boone County, Conner, and Ryle all have higher enrollments this school year, according to the KHSAA enrollment audit, than they did in 2002-2003 even with the opening of Cooper in 2008. Conner and Boone's enrollments are similar to what they were in 2003 but Boone County is in no shortage of developing subdivisions. I really believe more schools means more opportunities for kids, provided that resources aren't stretched so thin across the school districts which is often not the case when expansion takes place.

No one would have been denied anything. It would have allowed our football team to have a two-platoon system with lots of depth, something all three schools have struggled with. No one gets cut from the football team.

 

 

Will give you only one point, that being the caliber of teams in deed may have been championship caliber, which would have been an awesome experience for those team members. As to "no one would have been denied anything".......not even in the ballpark of being accurate. Example would be boys basketball. Most teams carry max 13-15 on varsity times 3 Oldham teams equals 45 boys playing and in Oldham county schools case, 2 highly competitive and 1 pretty good. One big Oldham school would have 13-15 varsity boys. The same loss of in the girls programs and then consider all the other sports. Football might have lots of slots, but the playing experience will be limited to more manageable numbers.

 

Understand the desire to excel, and find no fault with it; but, there are downside trade-offs that are real.

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Clopay and the school are virtually the only real employers in our town. Closing the school in the mid 90's would have changed our town and probably for the worse. This is all good conversation. Our athletic clubs would have been and would be very excellent. But this conversation is getting old. Too many people worked hard to keep our school open then and many more have worked hard to get the school to where it is today.

Clopay and the school are virtually the only real employers in our town. Closing the school in the mid 90's would have changed our town and probably for the worse. This is all good conversation. Our athletic clubs would have been and would be very excellent. But this conversation is getting old. Too many people worked hard to keep our school open then and many more have worked hard to get the school to where it is today.

 

If you are accounting that everyone in town would have stayed and sent their kid to the new school.

 

I'm just using Tollesboro as an example. I cant' remember if the same could be said when looking at the Maysville-Mason merger... My mind gets fuzzy with the late 80s.

If you are accounting that everyone in town would have stayed and sent their kid to the new school.

 

I'm just using Tollesboro as an example. I cant' remember if the same could be said when looking at the Maysville-Mason merger... My mind gets fuzzy with the late 80s.

 

I was going to school at Augusta at this time and my parents would have paid for me to go to St. Patrick rather than send me to Brooksville. So, you're right. Not everyone from that era would have gone to BC.

No one would have been denied anything. It would have allowed our football team to have a two-platoon system with lots of depth, something all three schools have struggled with. No one gets cut from the football team.

 

 

Will give you only one point, that being the caliber of teams in deed may have been championship caliber, which would have been an awesome experience for those team members. As to "no one would have been denied anything".......not even in the ballpark of being accurate. Example would be boys basketball. Most teams carry max 13-15 on varsity times 3 Oldham teams equals 45 boys playing and in Oldham county schools case, 2 highly competitive and 1 pretty good. One big Oldham school would have 13-15 varsity boys. The same loss of in the girls programs and then consider all the other sports. Football might have lots of slots, but the playing experience will be limited to more manageable numbers.

 

Understand the desire to excel, and find no fault with it; but, there are downside trade-offs that are real.

 

My point is those players you mention are not skilled enough to be on a varsity roster in the first place. You are merely filling spots because of limited numbers. And, yes, it would have been state championship caliber teams in football and boys basketball. Now we do not have such lofty goals, can't compete with Trinity, St. Xavier, in football. Same with others in basketball. Had Oldham County expanded its campus with more buildings, Oldham could have been up there with any school in the state. Players who were barely good enough to be JV players who ended up starting at two new schools was not the intention, it was because of overcrowding in the building.