DearToday Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 23 minutes ago, BEChargers said: 55?? Would never have thought that many from 1 school would want to repeat that year. Is it one school or one school district? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEChargers Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 10 minutes ago, DearToday said: Is it one school or one school district? Good thought DT. You are correct, that may very well include K-12. I had high school only in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DearToday Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 44 minutes ago, BEChargers said: Good thought DT. You are correct, that may very well include K-12. I had high school only in my head. I did the same when I first read it. I think the majority of the kids who take advantage of the SSYP are going to be elementary kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cincydragons Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 According to the Herald Leader 523 out of 40000 students in Fayette County requested an extra year. 242 of those were high school students. Courier Journal says 770 of 96000 students in Jefferson County requested an extra year. One other interesting thing I was not aware of is that students can’t retake classes from previous years or take new classes. So basically you have to take the exact same schedule you had this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguru Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 43 minutes ago, cincydragons said: According to the Herald Leader 523 out of 40000 students in Fayette County requested an extra year. 242 of those were high school students. Courier Journal says 770 of 96000 students in Jefferson County requested an extra year. One other interesting thing I was not aware of is that students can’t retake classes from previous years or take new classes. So basically you have to take the exact same schedule you had this year. Maybe I don't fully understand it but at first blush this sounds horrible. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFire Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 45 minutes ago, theguru said: Maybe I don't fully understand it but at first blush this sounds horrible. All of it sounds horrible to me, but that's been pretty much how I felt about it since the jump. As time has gone on and it sounds more and more like the true academic benefits of this are being picked off - ie you can't leverage this to help with advanced courses to benefit you in college - then it becomes all about the athletic side which was not the stated purpose of this in the first place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theguru Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 Just now, DragonFire said: All of it sounds horrible to me, but that's been pretty much how I felt about it since the jump. As time has gone on and it sounds more and more like the true academic benefits of this are being picked off - ie you can't leverage this to help with advanced courses to benefit you in college - then it becomes all about the athletic side which was not the stated purpose of this in the first place. Exactly DF! The extra year should be about academics first and everything else second. Maybe (if I am a 5th year senior) I want to take a foreign language, maybe I am interested in engineering and want to take an advanced math class, maybe I want to take a speech class. Maybe I want to help myself succeed in college and life and I thought that was the purpose of the 5th year. Again, like most things anymore, I just shake my head... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Parker Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 I'd like to see test scores from this year compared to those of previous years. I feel like a lot of students will be quite a bit behind, but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpapa Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 19 minutes ago, Randy Parker said: I'd like to see test scores from this year compared to those of previous years. I feel like a lot of students will be quite a bit behind, but that's just me. Wouldn't surprise me the tiniest bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerpride94 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 KHSAA board votes to go with sister districts but won’t implement until 2023 when they do realignment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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theguru Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Tigerpride94 said: KHSAA board votes to go with sister districts but won’t implement until 2023 when they do realignment. Better late than never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvilleFan Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 2 hours ago, theguru said: Exactly DF! The extra year should be about academics first and everything else second. Maybe (if I am a 5th year senior) I want to take a foreign language, maybe I am interested in engineering and want to take an advanced math class, maybe I want to take a speech class. Maybe I want to help myself succeed in college and life and I thought that was the purpose of the 5th year. Again, like most things anymore, I just shake my head... Agreed. Nothing about the academic side of this makes much sense to me for students at the high school level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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