The rich get richer and the poor are left to sit back and wonder.

Maybe if they'd spend less time sitting back and more time doing the things the rich did to get that way, they'd have the things that the "rich" have.

 

Generally speaking, the "rich" got rich through hard work, sacrifice, and a willingness to commit time, effort, and money to something they believe in.

Maybe if they'd spend less time sitting back and more time doing the things the rich did to get that way, they'd have the things that the "rich" have.

 

Generally speaking, the "rich" got rich through hard work, sacrifice, and a willingness to commit time, effort, and money to something they believe in.

 

No offense but the above is a bit cliche.

 

While it might apply to some public schools, many have zero chance of someone dropping $750k in their laps no matter how hard they beg/plea/work. Heck, they have next to zero chance of someone dropping $50k into their laps.

I will contact the census bureau who provided information to the elders of my church and myself when we were studied who lived in our community that their information is incorrect per cooperstown on BGP.

 

They will be happy to know that you know more about the information they collected than they do.:thumb:

 

Only one in six people are sent the census long form questionaire which asks about income. The other five households are sent the short form, that only asks questions in the following areas: tenure (whether a housing unit is owned or rented), name, sex, age, relationship to householder, Hispanic origin, and Race.

 

The long form only asks about income, it does not ask about net worth. You are defining "millionaire" much too narrowly if you only qualify those people with current 7-figure incomes. Then again, you may be defining "millionaire" too broadly if you only look at income and don't take into consideration an individual's debt/expense situation (which you couldn't consider given it's not asked on the form).

 

Perhaps your elders need to know there may be a bunch more millionaires out there in your area that simply weren't sent the long form.

No offense but the above is a bit cliche.

 

While it might apply to some public schools, many have zero chance of someone dropping $750k in their laps no matter how hard they beg/plea/work. Heck, they have next to zero chance of someone dropping $50k into their laps.

 

I agree. However, my problem is with the individuals from those (less fortunate) schools that whine and begrudge another school's good fortune to have such a benefactor.

Correct. On that scale, Ryle is wealthy/rich.

 

I guess I'd have to see the scale. In the grand scheme of life, the residents within Ryle's district would not qualify as "rich." At least this Ryle resdient does not. :cry:

You obviously have not been to the other schools weight rooms and locker rooms. Ryle has the best ones and it is not even close. And if they were so bad they would have been the number one priority for fundraising, not the football/soccer field. Because you already had the best field IMO.

 

Also, upgrades to the locker rooms would have benefited the most students. Because I do not think the turf benefits any of the other sports you mentioned like baseball, softball, cross country, and even track, the turf will not have much of an impact on those sports as would new locker rooms or weight room.

I have seen the St. Henry's baseball complex.....can someone tell me why girl's softball and baseball in NKY suffers compared to this facility, and many in the state for that matter? I wonder if any of the Ryle money is going to improve at least one other quality softball/baseball facility with proper drainage, lights, seating, and other facilities that could be used by all in the area. Most football fields have lights, tracks have proper surfaces, and soccer,football,track,and cross-country can be held in bad weather much easier than softball and baseball. I hope Ryle, and others involved in these type fundraisers, share the wealth. Shame on them if they don't. It is amazing that NKY has competed as well as it has in softball and baseball with such poor facilities. It is embarrassing compared to what you see in many areas of the metropolitan area and the state.

I have seen the St. Henry's baseball complex.....can someone tell me why girl's softball and baseball in NKY suffers compared to this facility, and many in the state for that matter? I wonder if any of the Ryle money is going to improve at least one other quality softball/baseball facility with proper drainage, lights, seating, and other facilities that could be used by all in the area. Most football fields have lights, tracks have proper surfaces, and soccer,football,track,and cross-country can be held in bad weather much easier than softball and baseball. I hope Ryle, and others involved in these type fundraisers, share the wealth. Shame on them if they don't. It is amazing that NKY has competed as well as it has in softball and baseball with such poor facilities. It is embarrassing compared to what you see in many areas of the metropolitan area and the state.

 

Ryle should share a donation that was made specifically to their school to improve their football field, so that it could be used by the hundreds and hundreds of kids who comprise their football/track/soccer/baseball/softball/band/phys ed classes??? Come on . . .

I would be interested to hear from the other schools that have a turf field on whether the baseball and softball teams are allowed to use the football facilities like cooperstown indicated.

 

Actually today the football team and the baseball team at Highlands were sharing the field.

 

After they were finished at 6 p.m. the girls softball team took the field along with a NKY soccer league.

 

The field turf field in the Fort is getting plenty of use and was well worth the money for many people to use and enjoy.

Honestly, I don't know.

 

But it gets real frustrating when a school with no resources cannot do the things that raises the level of the program and there are no other avenues for them to consider.

 

The rich get richer and the poor are left to sit back and wonder.

 

You seem to have that Robin Hood mentality. Nothing wrong with that, but say you wanted to give a very large donation of your hard earned money to your school for a very specific purpose. And the board said "No you have to give the same amount to Highlands" would you still be willing to give? If someone told me that if I wanted to give to Highlands I would have to do the same to Cov. Cath. :confused: HAHHAHAH Like that would happen.

 

People should be able to donate where they want. Nobody says anything when you donate to Cancer instead of Heart Disease. Your just doing a good thing. We grew up knowing we should give back to our community. Others should do the same and not begrudge people that our doing good for the communities and especially their schools.

I agree. However, my problem is with the individuals from those (less fortunate) schools that whine and begrudge another school's good fortune to have such a benefactor.

 

Personally I'm very happy for your good fortune and no have personal connection to Ryle whatsoever. Most of the whining I see on this thread seems to be coming from the Ryle faithful themselves and I'm not sure why.:confused:

You still didn't answer my previous question. What is Ryle or any other public school to do when someone wants to give them money?

 

I did answer it with the first sentence of my post.

Maybe if they'd spend less time sitting back and more time doing the things the rich did to get that way, they'd have the things that the "rich" have.

 

Generally speaking, the "rich" got rich through hard work, sacrifice, and a willingness to commit time, effort, and money to something they believe in.

 

They got a $750,000 donation from ONE person.

 

I commend them for working to raise the $100,000. Great job.

 

But they didn't work hard and sacrifice for the 3/4's of a million dollars.

 

And my point there is many, many communities across this state, mostly in rural areas, that do not have access to someone in their community who have the money to donate this amount of money.

 

Educationally, it was shown that it is unconstitutional in this state for the funding to be so tilted to a group of schools. It would be interesting to see if a lawsuit on this issue academically would meet with the same success that it did academically.

No offense but the above is a bit cliche.

 

While it might apply to some public schools, many have zero chance of someone dropping $750k in their laps no matter how hard they beg/plea/work. Heck, they have next to zero chance of someone dropping $50k into their laps.

 

And that is what I am lamenting.

 

And I have no answer to the problem. Someone smarting than me will need to find that answer.

Actually today the football team and the baseball team at Highlands were sharing the field.

 

After they were finished at 6 p.m. the girls softball team took the field along with a NKY soccer league.

 

The field turf field in the Fort is getting plenty of use and was well worth the money for many people to use and enjoy.

 

That is great. It sounds like it is a great resource for all the sports.

 

I shared all the information that you guys provided to our softball coach and he was very jealous and hoped he was able to get on a field to take some fielding practice before the season begins.

You seem to have that Robin Hood mentality. Nothing wrong with that, but say you wanted to give a very large donation of your hard earned money to your school for a very specific purpose. And the board said "No you have to give the same amount to Highlands" would you still be willing to give? If someone told me that if I wanted to give to Highlands I would have to do the same to Cov. Cath. :confused: HAHHAHAH Like that would happen.

 

People should be able to donate where they want. Nobody says anything when you donate to Cancer instead of Heart Disease. Your just doing a good thing. We grew up knowing we should give back to our community. Others should do the same and not begrudge people that our doing good for the communities and especially their schools.

 

In post 107, cshs81 did a good job of posting my thoughts.

 

It is not the act of giving, that is great. It is simply that whether they wanted to or not, many rural areas, this is not an option for them.