Somerset accepts out of district students, do they not?

 

I think there's a limit on how many students can go from Somerset to Pulaski and vice-versa.

Somerset accepts out of district students, do they not?

Any child in Pulaski County (even those in the city) may attend a county high school. However the county schools limit the number of students that live in the county and choose to go to the city school. This limit is not due to athletics but due to the county schools not wanting to loose the state funding for these students. Once the quota is met you have to get on a waiting list to go to the city schools if you live in the county.

Any child in Pulaski County (even those in the city) may attend a county high school. However the county schools limit the number of students that live in the county and choose to go to the city school. This limit is not due to athletics but due to the county schools not wanting to loose the state funding for these students. Once the quota is met you have to get on a waiting list to go to the city schools if you live in the county.

 

 

The Pulaski County School System currently places a 240 student limit on the Somerset Independent School System. This is for grades K-12 so Somerset is allowed to accept up to 240 students in 13 grade levels and still get the state money for the students. I suppose that Somerset could accept children above the 240 limit but they would not receive state monies for them and more importantly they could risk Pulaski pulling the agreement completely if they did. When I went to Somerset there was no limit on the number of county kids that could attend city schools--they just had to pay $500 a semester to to county schools to do so. Honestly, it should still be that way--I think the parents should be able to send there kids where they want, whether public, private, independent or whatever.

They can--it's called buying a house in the school district.

They can--it's called buying a house in the school district.

 

 

Yes and everyone can afford to do that can't they?

 

If Pulaski is that good of a system why would they worry about losing kids to Somerset? It seems as though their academic/athletic programs would stand on their own merits and they shouldn't have to limit the number of kids that wish to go to the city school. I think we both know that there would be way more than 240 kids that would go to Somerset if given the chance don't we?

It's okay, you can say it, we all already know the answer. Pulaski doesn't want to leave it up to the kids to decide--they know what will happen. There would be much more than 240 County kids at Somerset--you know it too.

Why do you think this? If the Somerset System was so great they wouldn't need the Pulaski students to survive. It would be different if you accepted students on a first come first serve basis rather than their athletic ability. I can promise you those with IEP's are left at the bottom of the list. Otherwise, how could a student who was not on any waiting list one year end up enrolled the very next year--that list must be awfully short. BTW, the housing is much cheaper in the city than where I live.

 

And in comparison, I think the county academic/sports programs are doing just fine.

We need to move back to the subject of the thread.