Learned a little bit more about the new Boone program that will be launched soon.

 

The test results are given to the parents. The school will not see the results.

 

Though, @lawildcat, I understand the caution you expressed.

CovCath's policy looks solid but I still would have a hard time allowing a school to administer drug tests to my child. Schools may say they have my child's best interests in mind but they will still put their interests above my child's. The trust factor, at least with one school they attended is way too low for me to have considered such a thing; especially with the Campbell Co. Police on site daily as resource officers.

 

I don't have a problem testing my kids myself though and have done so in the past.

 

I had no issues with signing my kids up for the "Drug free" testing while at school. They asked if we didn't trust them. We assured them we did, but it gave them a reason to tell those applying peer pressure why they could not participate. Always loved when they brought home the airhead goodie bag.

Is "entice" the same as "recruit"?

 

Took the words right out if my mouth. Lol

I had no issues with signing my kids up for the "Drug free" testing while at school. They asked if we didn't trust them. We assured them we did, but it gave them a reason to tell those applying peer pressure why they could not participate. Always loved when they brought home the airhead goodie bag.

 

I'll admit bias by saying I trust the catholic schools my kids have attended to administer this program more than I do the public.

Drug Free Clubs of America is at Beechwood and many other public schools. My understanding it works exactly the same, parents and students have to opt in.

Schools who offer tuition admittance and open districts have an advantage in athletics but when deciding where to send your children you should worry more about the actual education they will receive at their school. If my kids were districted to a school who's academics were questionable, I would definitely pony up the cash for tuition, I want to set my children up for success for 40+ years not 4.

Why don't public schools 'entice' kids away from private schools when they play each other?

Why don't public schools 'entice' kids away from private schools when they play each other?

 

That's a really good question.

 

No tuition and most likely you'll be granted a waiver on the transfer rule and allowed to play immediately.

Why don't public schools 'entice' kids away from private schools when they play each other?

 

That's a really good question.

 

No tuition and most likely you'll be granted a waiver on the transfer rule and allowed to play immediately.

 

1. It probably happens but no one really notices. A kid is "supposed" to go to X public school because of where he/she lives. If that student doesn't go to X public school but is enrolled in a parochial school, everyone on the street knows it. If he or she is a good athlete then some may lament the fact he/she is not in the public school. But since no one is districted to a parochial school, when a family decides to send them to the public school after having spent some time in a parochial school, it's no big deal. They are just going to the school they're "supposed" to go to. It flies under the radar.

 

I wonder, back in the day when Highlands had their run of state championships, did anyone opt out of continuing in a parochial school to go there?

 

2. It did happen. Where I grew up, the Catholic schools were small. Nothing like Moeller, Elder, Cov Cath, Trinity, etc. If you wanted to be on a really good football team you had a choice of two public schools. Many kids who went to parochial school in the early part of their education switched to the public school for high school. Unless they relished being a big fish in a small pond.

 

3. The reason it doesn't happen so often here is because parents usually send their kids to a parochial school for reasons beyond sports. This is a sports forum so we think about and discuss these issues in relation to the sports teams. But many parents spend their dollars on a Catholic school because of the values that are taught there, the religious education that you can't get in a public school, the discipline that you have there. Catholic schools don't have to take every student so there are fewer students who cause distractions to the educational process in comparison to the public school, etc. Some of the Catholic schools here are large enough to provide a lot of the advantages that only a public school offers say in a more rural setting. So the incentive to stay at a Catholic school goes beyond sports opportunities.

Having been through college process with a couple kids (not sports scholarships), if you have a kid who really looks like a D1 free college prospect, I will probably not have an issue with you choosing a different public or a private school that that is likely to raise the kids profile and chance dramatically because of their program. College is too damn expensive not to give it try if all other things between the schools are equal.

1. It probably happens but no one really notices. A kid is "supposed" to go to X public school because of where he/she lives. If that student doesn't go to X public school but is enrolled in a parochial school, everyone on the street knows it. If he or she is a good athlete then some may lament the fact he/she is not in the public school. But since no one is districted to a parochial school, when a family decides to send them to the public school after having spent some time in a parochial school, it's no big deal. They are just going to the school they're "supposed" to go to. It flies under the radar.

 

I wonder, back in the day when Highlands had their run of state championships, did anyone opt out of continuing in a parochial school to go there?

 

2. It did happen. Where I grew up, the Catholic schools were small. Nothing like Moeller, Elder, Cov Cath, Trinity, etc. If you wanted to be on a really good football team you had a choice of two public schools. Many kids who went to parochial school in the early part of their education switched to the public school for high school. Unless they relished being a big fish in a small pond.

 

3. The reason it doesn't happen so often here is because parents usually send their kids to a parochial school for reasons beyond sports. This is a sports forum so we think about and discuss these issues in relation to the sports teams. But many parents spend their dollars on a Catholic school because of the values that are taught there, the religious education that you can't get in a public school, the discipline that you have there. Catholic schools don't have to take every student so there are fewer students who cause distractions to the educational process in comparison to the public school, etc. Some of the Catholic schools here are large enough to provide a lot of the advantages that only a public school offers say in a more rural setting. So the incentive to stay at a Catholic school goes beyond sports opportunities.

 

Well said!

Yes, during the games private schools talk to public school kids about coming to private schools. When there is a timeout the public school kids are filling out forms and applications. I just wanted to clear that up.

I've been told the same.

 

I have mentioned this in at least one other thread everyone, I wish this could be AN OPTION in public schools. In other words, as a parent you have an option to sign your son or daughter up for a well thought out random drug testing program.

Why can't it be an option in public schools? Henderson just started a drug testing program for all athletes middle school and up. Also includes anyone that has a parking permit at the high school.

Why can't it be an option in public schools? Henderson just started a drug testing program for all athletes middle school and up. Also includes anyone that has a parking permit at the high school.

 

I don't see any reason it can't be an option.

 

I would like to see it be an option for all students.

 

If a public school is only going to test athletes then that will be one more thing public schools do that puts them at a competitive disadvantage. For example, an athlete has been drug tested all three years of high school but wants to have more "fun" his or her senior year so they opt out of all sports. Or even worse, suppose an athlete just decides they are done playing sports at some point in high school, the rumor mill may say because they like the devil's lettuce more than playing sports.

In Boone County the talent is spread around so much, they hope for the once or twice a decade stars to align for a really good class.

 

CovCath is what a school could be like in Boone County if all the athletes could go to one.

 

Your average Boone, Ryle, Cooper, Conner team has 1-5 kids could start play CovCath.

 

This year CCH is very good, the best in NKY. However, when looking back over the last four years, Ryle never lost to CCH. Last years senior class at Ryle was 5-0 against them over their careers. I know that you said average in your quote but over the last four years prior to this one, there may not have been 4-5 CCH players that would have started for Ryle. Cooper and Conner might make a similar argument over the last few years. I do agree that Boone is spread out but school is to educate, not to build football powerhouses, although I like to watch good football powerhouses.