This doesn't sound very revolutionary, numerous other states have already implemented programs which allow students to take their funding to other schools, as usual, Kentucky is decades behind in education. These states rank higher than Kentucky in education (like most do) so I would say this wise policy to implement. So many here tunnel vision on what this will do to athletics, I think academics should take a bit of priority over athletics.

In what way will implementing this system help the overall student population in this state to score higher on the norm referenced tests of the day, improve overall attendance, improve overall the number of people that want to go to college, improve the overall number of students to be better prepared for college etc (which are what state rankings are all about). What proof is out there that shows any of this. Until we improve our per capita in our state that value an education all of this is irrelevant. The kids that we are talking about here are already motivated learners.

If you lived in a city with multiple schools and your kid was forced to go to the worst high school because of where you lived, wouldn't you like an opportunity to send them to a better school?

 

Where does this happen in KY?

Where does this happen in KY?

 

If you live in an area without open enrollment, you can find yourself locked into which school your child may attend.

There are too many holes and not enough info to analyze this idea. In some ways, it doesn't sound like much of a change. I believe most school districts in the state already allow out of district students. Most of them also have reciprocal agreements on the funding.

 

The schools that will be affected the most are ones like Boone County that closed systems which do not allow students to enroll out of their local county district and take no out of county students.

 

I assume if this idea gains momentum, one provision that will need to be included are guidelines on what each district can do to control who they accept and who they turn away.

Where does this happen in KY?

 

Isn't Lexington at least somewhat like that?

Isn't Lexington at least somewhat like that?

 

Where else?

 

Is this all for Lexington?

Where else?

 

Is this all for Lexington?

 

What about Boone Co. HC? If a kid lives in Cooper's district and wants to go to Ryle, can he/she go to Ryle?

This doesn't sound very revolutionary, numerous other states have already implemented programs which allow students to take their funding to other schools, as usual, Kentucky is decades behind in education. These states rank higher than Kentucky in education (like most do) so I would say this wise policy to implement. So many here tunnel vision on what this will do to athletics, I think academics should take a bit of priority over athletics.

 

That was going to be my question...do any other states do this? If so, I would think you could look at them for "best practices" and model the change after what others have done (if this passes). I have to admit I don't know enough about it yet to have a strong opinion either way. I think I like the idea but the devil would be in the details IMO.

What about Boone Co. HC? If a kid lives in Cooper's district and wants to go to Ryle, can he/she go to Ryle?

 

I'm asking. Is that another problem area?

I'm asking. Is that another problem area?

 

I don't know how many districts in the state are closed and do not allow open out of district students. Those are the districts that will be impacted the most by this proposal.

For anyone wanting parents to have control where their kids go to school, they do, it's called looking at the school district when you purchase a house.

 

Coming from a high school where parents go out of their ways to NOT send their kids there, this is a disaster. This will create even a greater gap in the socio-economic divide than there is now.

I don't know how many districts in the state are closed and do not allow open out of district students. Those are the districts that will be impacted the most by this proposal.

 

Me either. I can't think of 10 counties this will affect. What about the rest?

This doesn't sound very revolutionary, numerous other states have already implemented programs which allow students to take their funding to other schools, as usual, Kentucky is decades behind in education. These states rank higher than Kentucky in education (like most do) so I would say this wise policy to implement. So many here tunnel vision on what this will do to athletics, I think academics should take a bit of priority over athletics.

 

What rankings are you using? Kentucky in most rankings and there are numerous is a mid level to mid low level rank since around 1995, in the 25-35. The highest ranking states such as Minnesota, Massachusetts (basically the New England, northern eastern seaboard , northwest, and north central) rank high the vast majority of those states do not have vouchers or charters in the way the GOP wants them. Many southern and southwestern states do and they are at the bottom of list., which is where Kentucky will head. The lowest state standards when they were compared was Texas followed by, Mississippi, then Arkansas, you get the pattern. The toughest standards when states developed them were Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut (the only state that refuses federal funding by and large, so they can do their thing their taxes are extremely high but their kiddos learn and their COL is high).

 

This is segregation under the auspices of parent choice.

Maybe some rankings people can relate to. But remember as with almost any data, there are things that may not be factored in, such as, participation rate.

 

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