Or a nice running back. Of course for those, you take them without the money following.

 

In such an instance, the money will follow. It will just come from other sources.

I fully understand the teaching of moral absolutes in private schools such as the Catholic schools. These schools, in and of themselves, usually represent a certain viewpoint on these issues. Those who send their children to those schools do so with complete knowledge of what to expect. I support that wholeheartedly as I am a graduate of a fine Catholic school and my daughter a graduate of a fine Baptist school.

 

However, the public schools are in a difficult position. They must educate the masses which will include segments of various and sundry beliefs and standards (or lack thereof). My experience with public school teachers, which is extensive, indicates that, with few exceptions, these are fine, moral people who care about the social issues of life.

 

However, many are hesitant to express any personal beliefs or judgments or even to discuss volitile issues because of the danger of a backlash from "irate parents" or some other source. These teachers, for the most part, know that, in a dispute, they will not be supported by their superiors. They are left out on a limb to fend for themselves.

 

In the world of today, it is difficult to be a public school teacher who wants to teach his/her students more than the basic curriculum.

AMEN!!!!!

 

Or the PC equilivant.....

 

I AGREE!!!

State money does not unless the school board allows it. Federal might, I don't know that.

 

Also, need to point out that if the school board says "Nah baby nah, money doesn't follow you to the new district," they don't get it either. It stays with the state.

 

In the Boyd Co. area all school have a reciprocal agreement. This means the state money follows the student. The loss of students means loss of money, gain students gain money. This agreement is foolish for the county school.

In the Boyd Co. area all school have a reciprocal agreement. This means the state money follows the student. The loss of students means loss of money, gain students gain money. This agreement is foolish for the county school.

I am sure you are accurate and I do not know.

 

Just to clarify, it is not a SCHOOL decision but a school system decision.

 

I am sure that is what you meant but I wanted to be CRYSTAL CLEAR so that no misunderstandings can be traced back to my post.

States contribute about 50% of local school revenues

Local taxes contribute about 47%

Washington contribute about 3%

 

(I am taking a school finance class and just learned this yesterday:jump: )

 

If a student chooses to leave his home district (A) to attend district (B) and District A does not choose to release the state money, district A does not get to keep the money it stays with the state, so there really isn't an incentive not to release the money. The incentive I would say is to try to emulate district B to get the students to stay in their home district.

 

Also, it takes about 9000.00 to educate a student in public shools and the ADA $$ that comes from the state is about 4,000.00. (I know this math does not work exactly with my numbers above, but remember they were a national average). The recieving school is still going to fork out some dough.

 

Please know too that school districts cannot simply raise taxes to generate more money. If PV assessments are such that it generates 4% more in revenue in one year, the district cannot raise taxes without them be subject to a voter recall.

 

As for the public/private notion, IF district A felt district B was recruiting, they could cut off all reciprocal money and potentially cause a financial hardship for district B if district B continued to take students. (See Breathitt County and Jackson City). Public schools do not have this safeguard with private schools. This is not to suggest that any school recruits, this is just a "talking point."

 

BTW I have a 9 year old son in 4th grade. He has spelling nearly every night and does rote multiplication/division sheet EVERY night and is expected to read 15-30 minutes every night.

 

I think there was a myth propagated early on in KERA that basic math and grammar were going by the wayside, especially grammar. This was based on the writing strategy that i call free writing. The goal is to make writing less frightening for young students, so they are told - on these particular assignments - to simply WRITE and not worry about spelling and grammar. This did not mean that they would not learn grammar at other points, but at least on a few assignments that goal was to simply write. If you view or read some of the senior portfolios, you will see that there are some awesome writers in the state of Kentucky today.

AMEN!!!!!

 

Or the PC equilivant.....

 

I AGREE!!!

Couldn't agree more. It must be horendous to have to watch every word you say as a public school teacher, as almost anything can be taken out of context. I'm just curious, do public school teams say any form of prayer before a game, even just to keep everyone safe from injury? Or am I being niave to think they can even do this. What a pity our society has come to this.

At the 16th Region Class A Tournament at Raceland, a prayer was given prior to the national anthem. Most impressive and I salute the Raceland people for their policy. I have seen no other public follow that policy.

Couldn't agree more. It must be horendous to have to watch every word you say as a public school teacher, as almost anything can be taken out of context. I'm just curious, do public school teams say any form of prayer before a game, even just to keep everyone safe from injury? Or am I being niave to think they can even do this. What a pity our society has come to this.

A few years back a young lady at Mercer County High School was challenged by her youth minister about what was she doing to use her life to spread the Love of Jesus Christ. She went to her coach and at the end of each game, they team organized by her, and inviting the opposing team, gathered at midcourt and prayed in a large circle. Usually, the crowd took the lead from these young ladies and joined in the prayer.

 

I was very impressed by this young lady. Unfortunately, I cannot remember her last name but she ended up at Georgetown.

If you view or read some of the senior portfolios, you will see that there are some awesome writers in the state of Kentucky today.

I have graded portfolios for our district since the mid-90's and I agree with the above. Unfortunately, there are still some horrendous writers and yet in 4 short years everyone is supposed to be proficient. Ain't going to happen.

I have graded portfolios for our district since the mid-90's and I agree with the above. Unfortunately, there are still some horrendous writers and yet in 4 short years everyone is supposed to be proficient. Ain't going to happen.

 

Amen.

Amen.

You can say that because you are a supporter of a private school. :sssh:

I would not argue with your concern or your primary goal. The politicians will argue that teaching the material on the test is what the students should be learning. And in theory that is correct.

 

But a lot of things, penmanship and grammar to name a few, are getting lost because they are not part of the test score. Now the "experts" (don't include me in that category) will tell you that with computer we have moved on from those things that the students NEED to be expert at. Spellcheck and typing has made those things less of a need.

 

As I have maintained since this forum first started, if there was a Christian school within a reasonable driving distance, my children would be attending it. And more and more, public school teachers are fed up with what Frankfort has made schools into.

 

 

In my time in the classroom I have seen what you are talking about right here. I find it appalling that our students cannot write an essay in a coherent fashion while still adhering to the rules of the language. I would LOVE to see grammar added.

 

My frustration was multiplied many times over when I was told by my cooperating teacher that I could not take off points on account of their horrendous grammar and punctuation. If I handed in essays/free-writes that looked anything like some of the ones I graded, it would have been marked up mercilessly and I would have lost credit for it too.

At the 16th Region Class A Tournament at Raceland, a prayer was given prior to the national anthem. Most impressive and I salute the Raceland people for their policy. I have seen no other public follow that policy.

 

Corbin always has a student give prayer before all home games.

 

In my opinion, reciprocal agreements are a very good thing.

Corbin always has a student give prayer before all home games.

 

In my opinion, reciprocal agreements are a very good thing.

I hope that no one ever feels "threatened" or "minimized" because of that prayer or they will file suit, the ACLU will jump on the band wagon and if precedent is followed the school will lose.