Rowan County superintendent getting to the bottom of something. ?️

5 minutes ago, Tigerpride94 said:

Rowan County superintendent getting to the bottom of something. ?️

12 hours ago, theguru said:

Agreed, his press release states nothing.

2 minutes ago, 4 Quarters said:

Agreed, his press release states nothing.

Which I understand but if you are going to play it that way and shut down the entire cheerleading program there needs to be full disclosure once the investigation is complete and that is where most schools fail.  Time will tell...

Guess they are going to punish the cheerleaders for the former asst basketball coach’s mis steps. And the principal covering it up.  

1 minute ago, Down4theblue said:

Guess they are going to punish the cheerleaders for the former asst basketball coach’s mis steps. And the principal covering it up.  

Rank has its privileges. 

9 hours ago, theguru said:

Which I understand but if you are going to play it that way and shut down the entire cheerleading program there needs to be full disclosure once the investigation is complete and that is where most schools fail.  Time will tell...

We had this same issue at Beechwood a couple years back. News report broke before school told us anything then Statement from principal/superintendent that said nothing.
 

Followed up by crickets. 
 

Very frustrating. 
 

One of the former Rowan County cheer coaches is on or recently finished a stint on the KHSAA Board of Control. She's a wonderful lady, and I'm finding it really hard to believe anything significant will come out of this. 

With that said, I live on the other end of the state and can provide no insight. 

 

 

On 8/22/2023 at 9:56 AM, theguru said:

Which I understand but if you are going to play it that way and shut down the entire cheerleading program there needs to be full disclosure once the investigation is complete and that is where most schools fail.  Time will tell...

Agree with this 100%. 

On 8/24/2023 at 7:58 AM, cheercoachwes said:

One of the former Rowan County cheer coaches is on or recently finished a stint on the KHSAA Board of Control. She's a wonderful lady, and I'm finding it really hard to believe anything significant will come out of this. 

With that said, I live on the other end of the state and can provide no insight. 

 

 

You don’t mess with Lucy or Marvin Moore.

10 hours ago, Down4theblue said:

You don’t mess with Lucy or Marvin Moore.

I would never. Lucy is one of my favorite people in my industry. 

So in the end this entire investigation was about how the team tryouts were scored? Additionally I guess they have limited the size of the squad so they could compete in a much smaller class than they should have in state and national competitions.

3 minutes ago, Jumper_Dad said:

So in the end this entire investigation was about how the team tryouts were scored? Additionally I guess they have limited the size of the squad so they could compete in a much smaller class than they should have in state and national competitions.

Did they release a report with specifics on the matters they investigated and the actions they took?

Just now, theguru said:

Did they release a report with specifics on the matters they investigated and the actions they took?

It was talked about by a caller on KSR. They are bringing in outside judges to score tryouts and the team will be expanded to the same size as other schools of that size...according to what was on the radio.

On 9/3/2023 at 12:44 PM, Jumper_Dad said:

It was talked about by a caller on KSR. They are bringing in outside judges to score tryouts and the team will be expanded to the same size as other schools of that size...according to what was on the radio.

A quick review of KHSAA rosters shows they have 17 athletes on the roster with a student population of just over 1000.

I wonder if a student had a problem with not making the football or basketball team if the school admin would force the coach to have a second tryout period with "outside judges." 

"Expanded to the same size as other schools of that size" is relative. Depending on what division the coach feels the team will be strongest, they may take a certain number of athletes regardless of school size. Pulaski Co has 1200 students and a roster of 16. Somerset has 500 students and a roster of approximately 30. Cheerleading is different in that schools decide how many kids are going to go on the competitive mat. It can be anywhere from 6-30 with a mix of males/females. All girl teams are divided into 4 team sizes. Coed is separate from all girl. There are two Gameday divisions that have both all girl and coed teams in them and can be small with up to 16 or large with 17-30.

I'm lucky that my AD doesn't try to force this type of nonsense on me. This is unnecessary overreach by administration. Let the coaches coach.