January 25, 200818 yr On a side note, wonder what would happen to some of these schools if they worked as hard on bettering their financial situation, academics and facilities as they do on their perceived "inequities" they'd probably be alright...Blasphemy! You don't really expect them to try harder...I mean, that's all hard and stuff. :cry:
January 25, 200818 yr I respectfully disagree. Leatherneck and I have discussed this. The statute I rely upon is KR'S 159.010. The law says a child between 6 and 16 must attend the public school district in which he resides, unless he meets one of the exemption criterion. The exemption criterion deal with nonpublic or parochial education. So you cannot just pick up and go to another public school if you don't live there. The annotations of case law and Attorney General opinions support this, specifically. Technically, what you are saying is that a school district can define its own boundaries. Bards town could take the whole state, if they wanted to. But then they would be violating the law regarding taxation without representation. Everyone seems to forget that school boards are voted upon. So when they say, "this school district has a potentially limitless boundary," they are arguing an impractical distinction without a difference. I've looked at the Inter local Cooperative Act in KR'S 65 and it doesn't change anything related to elections. KR'S 160.010 states that each county constitutes a separate school district. So I don't know how a county school district can "extend its boundaries" into another county. I think people are confusing "extend boundaries" with "accepting out of district pupils whom apply." They are not one and the same. I am not a lawyer but if this is law, it is law that is broken all the time. Could this KRS be referring to the fact that children have to go to school? Again, I am not a lawyer but if what you state is the case explain to me how it is lawful for any student to pay tuition to go to a public school because it happens all the time. Just to be clear, when I am talking about there being no boundaries I mean that any school is free to accept out of district pupils who apply. In other words, there are no boundaries if a school wants to accept an out of district pupil. Since you disagree Hearsay, are you saying schools are not free to accept out of district pupils who apply? And if your answer is yes, why isn't it enforced? Leatherneck, I am asking for your opinion too since Hearsay played the leatherneck card.
January 25, 200818 yr Looks like a lot of people owe this man an apology. It looks like he takes full responsibility for his statements and cartoon. Not really. As a former (and recovering:rolleyes:) artist myself, he should have signed the strip itself. Not doing so, he knew it could, and likely would be picked up by others without the accompanying credits because they weren't part of the actual strip. BTW, I'm not one calling for his head, just pointing this out.
January 25, 200818 yr To add to that, are you saying that the same institutions that are supposed to be educating our children are knowingly breaking the law? Bold statement Hearsay, IMO...
January 25, 200818 yr In other words, in some people's eyes there will never be a "level playing field". Please, someone show me a level playing field ANYWHERE in the world, and I'll eat this keyboard. No way, no how. You level one area, and that just changes something else. Male and Manual should be very worried...they're next!!!
January 25, 200818 yr Please, someone show me a level playing field ANYWHERE in the world, and I'll eat this keyboard. No way, no how. You level one area, and that just changes something else. Male and Manual should be very worried...they're next!!! I've been saying that for years. A level playing field would not yield championships...rather a never-ending competition to tie. Ugh!
January 25, 200818 yr All boundary restrictions are made by that particular school board. County, city, independent, private...doesn't matter. Boundaries are just like fences in a zoo...to keep the animals IN! They are set out of fear, fear of losing their (within boundary) students to other schools. Other better schools. It's easier to set a perimeter, than to actually fix the bad schools in that area, and make them so attractive a student wouldn't want to leave. If you ever wonder why something was done, it usually came down to fear or money.
January 25, 200818 yr The vote to split shows that there are many more schools other than Somerset and Pulaski that are for it. It's just that Wilson Sears is the field general of the cheerleading squad promoting the "split" idea. Come to think of it, a cartoon of Willy in a cheerleader skirt is not a bad idea.
January 25, 200818 yr Boundaries are just like fences in a zoo...to keep the animals IN! They are set out of fear, fear of losing their (within boundary) students to other schools. Other better schools. It's easier to set a perimeter, than to actually fix the bad schools in that area, and make them so attractive a student wouldn't want to leave. If you ever wonder why something was done, it usually came down to fear or money. Agreed. But if a lot of these schools keep all the kids in their boundaries, they'll lose money...
January 25, 200818 yr I looked it up and Greg Scholl, the guy who posted the Cartoon is the AD at Pulaski Southwestern. They haven't played a private school since 2002. Lexington Cath. had to forfeit that game. I wonder why he would post this, there are not private schools in Pulaski that I can think of????????????/ Who says you need a reason to be a hater.
January 25, 200818 yr To totally level the field, everything needs to be the same, including the athletes.
January 25, 200818 yr Don't tall people have an advantage in that sport? To totally level the field, everything needs to be the same, including the athletes. Cut 'em off at the knees!:jump::jump:
January 25, 200818 yr What about in a situation like Somerset's? Somerset is an independent school system within Pulaski County. The Pulaski County school system sets a limit of 240 students in grades K-12 that can live within the Pulaski County District and pay tuition to attend Somerset. If Somerset wants to accept more students then that then Pulaski County will not release the state money for the additional students. In a case like ours it really isn't up to our school but to the county schools. You should be glad they let you have the 240 (which they wouldn't have too). Otherwise, your sports teams would be somewhat limited.
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