Could the real coward be those parents who take their kids to private schools to try to avoid the "riff-raff" that attend public schools?

I am personally insulted by this comment. I did not work two and three jobs, & let my kids work jobs to help, for that silly of a reason.

 

Regarding the issue: IMO this recommendation does not address the heart of the problem which is recruiting as a whole and not a specifically public/private issue.

On this, I can agree with you 100%

Could the real coward be those parents who take their kids to private schools to try to avoid the "riff-raff" that attend public schools?

 

Regarding the issue: IMO this recommendation does not address the heart of the problem which is recruiting as a whole and not a specifically public/private issue.

 

Yeah that's it!

 

 

 

I agree with your 2nd comment.

 

Sorry RM for the repeat...responded before I read your comment.

My hat's off to parents like RM who sacrifice elevating their own personal lifestyles to provide the best headstart they can for their kids.

 

There are a lot more of them out there than most folks realize.

Like I said, great decision by the superintendants.

Could the real coward be those parents who take their kids to private schools to try to avoid the "riff-raff" that attend public schools?

 

Regarding the issue: IMO this recommendation does not address the heart of the problem which is recruiting as a whole and not a specifically public/private issue.

 

EXCUSE ME???? Did the same person make these two statements? Your second statement is absolutely corrrect. Your first statement shows a complete lack of tact and understanding of individuals' motivations and is extremely offensive and in poor taste.

I am personally insulted by this comment. I did not work two and three jobs, & let my kids work jobs to help, for that silly of a reason.

 

On this, I can agree with you 100%

 

Yeah that's it!

 

 

 

I agree with your 2nd comment.

 

Sorry RM for the repeat...responded before I read your comment.

 

My hat's off to parents like RM who sacrifice elevating their own personal lifestyles to provide the best headstart they can for their kids.

 

There are a lot more of them out there than most folks realize.

 

EXCUSE ME???? Did the same person make these two statements? Your second statement is absolutely corrrect. Your first statement shows a complete lack of tact and understanding of individuals' motivations and is extremely offensive and in poor taste.

 

This is not a slam but a honest question.

 

Parents, like RM (btw, should be applauded like you guys have done), what % of the parents of a private school family?

 

I could guarantee you that the perception is that parents like RM are the rarity and not the norm.

 

So, I wonder if RM is 75% of the family situations? 50%? 331/3%? 25%? 10% Less than 5%?

Like I said, great decision by the superintendants.

 

Based on?

 

Care to add anything to the discussion? Some people that take the public school side get pilloried on here but at least we know exactly where they stand and what they see as the problems.

 

Care to step up and join that group?

 

I think we're still waiting for you to tell us exactly which rules the private schools don't follow.

This is not a slam but a honest question.

 

Parents, like RM (btw, should be applauded like you guys have done), what % of the parents of a private school family?

 

I could guarantee you that the perception is that parents like RM are the rarity and not the norm.

 

So, I wonder if RM is 75% of the family situations? 50%? 331/3%? 25%? 10% Less than 5%?

Here is another family like RM's. My wife had to get a job in order to be able to afford send our kids through Catholic elementary and High School . No new cars from 1984 until 2007 and no vacation trips and curtailed eating out because we chose to pay the tuition at the schools . I figure that over 12 years at NCC we had paid close to but not quite 50 grand in tuition and fees . Believe me families like mine and RM's are not the exception but the rule .

I have chosen to send my son with the "riff-raff'. He is the 4th to go that route. It is our choice just like the ones that made the sacrifice to attend a private school.

Someone please help me out here... (First before you read the following, please, please, please do not think that I am being smart, just an honest opinion, nothing more nothing less.

 

 

Saying the above...

 

 

Here is the problem according to the private schools in the State of Kentucky. They are being "boycotted" basically after winning state titles at the 4A and now 6A level for years. The private schools say this is unfair because 1. it teaches all children a bad lesson, something along the line of if you get beat quit. 2. The private school children have the right to participate in sports.

 

The public schools are saying basically the reason they wish not to play the private schools is because of the "unfair" playing field that is perceived to have by the privates.

 

I think I have both sides down... if I have one wrong, please correct me later!

 

So here is old Mr.'s opinion...

 

First, the private schools are being hurt by this decision, because their kids are not getting to play a sport as long or if any at all as the public school kids.

 

However, unfair that decision might be, the public schools can and probably should just play one another. Why, because of choice.

 

I read another poster's comments and was touched by how hard they had to work to allow the child or children (I can not remember) to go to a private school. They had the choice to do that...

 

With every choice comes consequences, I am sure that everyone teaches their children this concept. The choice has actually become very clear now thanks to the superintendents.

 

You have the choice to send your child to a private school and play limited sports. Or you can send your child to a public school and play all sports.

 

Now, why this choice has to be made is due to the vote of the superintendents who are either going to be praised for such an action or ridiculed by such an action, depending on where you stand.

 

So the next question is "is this choice fair?" Yes and no, yes because a parent has the choice to send their child to a public school. No, because the choice only affects those who did not get to vote.

 

Life is not fair, but in every aspect of life, if you live in America you have a choice it is ok to disagree with the choices that people make or even have to make, but at the end of the day it is still a choice so to the Private School parents you actually might be the best winners of all because you get to choose which path you want your son or daughter to go down and the lines have never been so clear.

Or the public schools could CHOOSE to set their bar higher rather then CHOOSING to try to lower it to the detrement of ALL student athletes.

Or the public schools could CHOOSE to set their bar higher rather then CHOOSING to try to lower it to the detrement of ALL student athletes.

 

They could:thumb:

 

And in their perspective, it is perceived (sp), that it is now a level playing field, in the aspect of a public school playing a public school only and vise versa.

Could the real coward be those parents who take their kids to private schools to try to avoid the "riff-raff" that attend public schools?

 

 

Sorry but I do not consider it cowardice to put your child in a safer, better environment if you are able to do so. My child is going to a private high school next year, because in the middle school in our hometown, 8th graders are drinking to the point of hospitalization, smoking (no, not just tobacco), having sex and more...8th graders!

 

The same problems may exist at the new school, but I know they exist at the current one and it is time to get out. So if you feel comfortable with your kids at your public school, great. But do not judge those of us that do not have the same level of comfort with our public schools.

Or the public schools could CHOOSE to set their bar higher rather then CHOOSING to try to lower it to the detrement of ALL student athletes.

 

Any school, private or public, that has the freedom to draw students from an area that has 100,000 and over, has a HUGE, HUGE advantage over the rest of the state.

 

It does not matter where my county sets the bar. If any metro school can draw from that big of an area for their students, they have a HUGE, HUGE advantage and the field is tilted in their advantage.

 

And there is nothing we can do about it, as long as, 1) they are allowed to continue to draw from that big of an area; and 2) we are expected to compete against those same schools.

This is not a slam but a honest question.

 

Parents, like RM (btw, should be applauded like you guys have done), what % of the parents of a private school family?

 

I could guarantee you that the perception is that parents like RM are the rarity and not the norm.

 

So, I wonder if RM is 75% of the family situations? 50%? 331/3%? 25%? 10% Less than 5%?

 

I would venture to say that the percentage is much, much higher than most realize. The vast majority make substantial sacrifices to send their kids to private schools. The fact that the perception is otherwise does not make it correct. This is why comments (not referring to you lbbc) questioning the integrity/courage/etc. of such parents draw defensive replies.