The other thing is that propsal 2 is not in any way about the relative merits of one school over another. I hope that everyone feels that the school selection they made, public or private, was absolutely the best choice for their family. I'd like to keep those choices in the hands of the family and not force the family to start making choices years ahead of the time when all the facts are available to them.

 

I not sure why one and one's parents can not make a qualified and binding decision going into the 9th grade. What facts are not available to them prior to the 9th grade that may be available prior to the 11th grade? In other words, how are facts about a particular school going to change within two years? If the student and his/her parents do their part in the fact finding responsibilities then they should be able to make a decision for junior prior to the 9th. If the child changes his/her mind about their school choice, they can still change schools. They just sit out a year in athletics.

I believe he was speaking of having to make the decision in the 6th grade as opposed to the 8th.

That's what I get for not reading the first page... and jumping late into this thread. There is a big difference between the decision making process prior to the start of the 7th grade vs. the 9th grade.

That's what I get for not reading the first page... and jumping late into this thread. There is a big difference between the decision making process prior to the start of the 7th grade vs. the 9th grade.

 

So, given that information, do you advocate the current proposal's solution?

 

Or do you advocate funding and staffing to investigate alleged violations of the current rules?

I would have to slide towards keeping the current rules with a formation of a regional team that would be charged with investigations outside of their territory. The state divided into 4 territories with a 3 member team that would investigate allegations. Monthly review of allegations and findings of said allegations the following month prior to the BOC meeting.

 

Real world, too many politics in Kentucky for the BOC to relinquish any power. If they could not rule on cases of recruiting fraud, then why would they want to sit in meetings...