http://www.somerset-kentucky.com/localsports/local_story_228084925.html?keyword=topstory

Does Somerset continually get beat in the playoffs by private schools?

Funny how the column doesn't mention where the other five committee members went to school or who they have been involved with. Seems kind of funny since they single out Louisville Democratic Senator Tim Shaughnessy and he wasn't even a member of the committee which they also failed to tell their readers. This is why I read quite a few newspapers daily, so I can tell when a newspaper or editor is slanting the facts with his own slant of so called facts....

While I do not agree with prop 2, this is 95% Public opinion in this area, as well as most of the state. See the vote to seperate for backup.

"Private schools have unlimited resources to build bigger and better teams"......is pretty much of a stretch. Lots of private schools (including the one Somerset lost to in the playoffs) don't even have the resources of the average public school.

Man, a lot of whining there ... :lol:

"Private schools have unlimited resources to build bigger and better teams"......is pretty much of a stretch. Lots of private schools (including the one Somerset lost to in the playoffs) don't even have the resources of the average public school.

Amen !!!!

Is Somerset under water? If everyone there cries as much as Sears and this dubious sports writer, the city must be in a flood state.

"Private schools have unlimited resources to build bigger and better teams"......is pretty much of a stretch. Lots of private schools (including the one Somerset lost to in the playoffs) don't even have the resources of the average public school.

 

No private school remotely has the resources of the public schools. When the publics whine about a "level playing field", they are using their own definition and it doesn't include money resources.

That might be the most self-serving, inaccurate, libelous piece of tripe I've read in a good long time.

I get tired of hearing how poor the private schools are and that they don't have the resources of public schools. Something else they don't have is the state or federal government telling them how they have to spend the money they do have.

 

I previously worked for a private school and they built an entirely brand new facility (school, administration, athletic complex) with donations of money, materials and manpower. The facilities are nicer than those found at the vast majority of public schools around the state.

 

Public schools do not have the resources to accomplish this kind of undertaking and if they did, there are various governmental hoops you have to jump through before you can do anything with it.

 

Saying the privates don't have as many resources as public schools just doesn't ring true with me after my experience working in and around several different private schools in the state.

 

Fewer resources...maybe, but debateable in my book.

 

More freedom to allocate resources as you see fit...definitely.

That might be the most self-serving, inaccurate, libelous piece of tripe I've read in a good long time.

 

All is needs are more stereotypes and cliches.

That might be the most self-serving, inaccurate, libelous piece of tripe I've read in a good long time.

The column said Sen. Shaughnessy is a "former" St. X graduate. If that means he is no longer a St. X alumnus, then I fail to see where the implication that he inappropriately favors the privates has any significance.

The column said Sen. Shaughnessy is a "former" St. X graduate. If that means he is no longer a St. X alumnus, then I fail to see where the implication that he inappropriately favors the privates has any significance.

 

I'm sure the writer's alma mater hopes he doesn't mention that he's a "former alum."

I get tired of hearing how poor the private schools are and that they don't have the resources of public schools. Something else they don't have is the state or federal government telling them how they have to spend the money they do have.

 

I previously worked for a private school and they built an entirely brand new facility (school, administration, athletic complex) with donations of money, materials and manpower. The facilities are nicer than those found at the vast majority of public schools around the state.

 

Public schools do not have the resources to accomplish this kind of undertaking and if they did, there are various governmental hoops you have to jump through before you can do anything with it.

 

Saying the privates don't have as many resources as public schools just doesn't ring true with me after my experience working in and around several different private schools in the state.

 

Fewer resources...maybe, but debateable in my book.

 

More freedom to allocate resources as you see fit...definitely.

When discussing private schools, it's best to remember that not all private schools are created equal.

 

Some private schools have the resources and access to resources that you describe (in this state, Trinity and St. Xavier and Lexington Catholic come to mind) ... but most others don't.