I understand that, but many posters on here pointed out that private schools are NOT filled with wealthy people. They even seemed to be offended at the thought that private schools are filled with wealthy people.

 

So, from the beginning of the thread to this point has confused me.

 

I feel LN makes some really good points on this topic and when he says that this point has legs, I take that seriously.

 

But I also respect RM's view tremendously and she indicated and I believe it that private schools are not filled with wealthy people.

 

So, now I am honestly confused.

 

I would lean towards LN's view as I too think it has merit. But do believe RM and why I asked earlier how big of a % is the parents who struggle to meet their tuition payments at a typical private school.

 

I know that the perception of private schools, Beechwood, Highlands is that probably 80% to 90% of the families make over $100,000 a year.

 

 

Bolded ^. It depends on your circle of friends I suppose, and what you mean by struggle. The folks in my circle do sometimes worry about having the tuition payment. We talk about it on the sidelines, and wondering how much it goes up next year. I personally flat out struggle, especially with my daughter's one year scholarship ending and the new increase next year, so I feel the double whammy increase. I can't give you a percent, and doubt you could figure it out. She does have wealthy teammates for sure, but the wealthiest family we know has their kid at Manual, so who knows. I grem up in middle class suburbia (Hikes Point) and money was always an issue back then. I'm sure it still is.

 

 

PS I saw a lot of post about millionaires donating funds to schools for facilities. Mercy just opened their new GRASS field, so now we don't have to practice on the gravel lot, which was great in the rain though. Anyway, if any millionaires want to donate to help us build a new TURF field, that would be greatly appreciated! :thumb:

Smack, "bad example" I don't think so... I had two sons go to Atherton and one played soccer for four years and they were very good, but lost to the Rocks every time they played and the games were close, but still lost...try again.

 

You were originally talking football, not soccer.

Atherton's soccer team has also lost every time they have played Ballard since 2000 (that's as far back as the KHSAA scoreboards go). Do you hold the same sense of righteous indignation over Atherton's ineptness against the Bruins?

 

Mercy field hockey finally beat Ballard for the 1st time in school history last season. We didn't bemoan the fact we had never beat them before, but sure as heck celebrated the victory. In the state tourney, things went back to normal and Ballard beat Mercy in the 1st game. We'll get'em next year!

LBBC, take into account the emphasis put on girls sports in Catholic grade schools. If you have girls beginning to play organized golf, volleyball and basketball for their school teams starting in 3rd grade, of course they're going to be way ahead of girls who don't start until 6th grade. There are many reasons why certain certain schools' have success in specific sports. Discounting or ignoring the level of experience in each at which their students arrive to the school is not acknowledging the whole set of circumstances.

 

 

Actually at our parochial school, we started soccer in kindergarten, along with volleyball in kindergarten, which was actually a club sport, but made up by school players since it wasn't sanctioned by CSAA. We called it "serveball" that year, cause that's about all that happens with 5 year olds. THAT'S why catholic schools are dominant in this sport. Go to MAVA and OVCC and count the public school players. It won't take long. It used to be ZERO, but the numbers are slowly going up.

AllTell, my son graduated in 2000, and the Rocks also beat them in the district tourneys too, on Ballard I can't remember. I just know the kids knew if they wanted to advance they had to beat them.

 

Smack, my son played soccer and football was the spirit of the thread. but soccer is also played by all schools and I was defending Atherton, and its hard with football. But you know its time to move on for me, and I'm getting ready for my 10 year old's soccer tournament this weekend.

It appears the "boycott" has zero teeth... Seems only a small few are participating.

 

http://www.kentucky.com/289/story/386342.html

 

So Owensboro, Louisville, NKY, and it appears most of Fayette County are not participating...

 

I agree and the public school crybabies are running out of "trump" cards.

It appears the "boycott" has zero teeth... Seems only a small few are participating.

 

http://www.kentucky.com/289/story/386342.html

 

So Owensboro, Louisville, NKY, and it appears most of Fayette County are not participating...

 

Good to see. Makes you wonder what all these other schools are thinking right now when all of the schools that are most directly "affected" by the private schools are not following up with the proposal.

 

I have a little issue with the agreement between LCA and the city schools. Now, they are basically pushing a kid to go to Catholic, Scott Co., or elsewhere if they are going to impose this loss of a year of eligibility for a transfer among these schools. Bad move. The whole "Sayre and the public schools have a good relationship" thing still cracks me up.

I agree and the public school crybabies are running out of "trump" cards.

 

But they'll continue to say the majorirty wants it, the MAJORITY. I think that is clearly bunked now.

But they'll continue to say the majorirty wants it, the MAJORITY. I think that is clearly bunked now.

 

It looks like the politics of the "majority" and their individual stances are not one in the same.

So, asking again, for the umpteenth time, what exactly is the point of a split, of a "boycott", or any such action? I have yet to see an answer. In a nutshell, all I want to know, is what the expectation of the schools supporting such action? What's the goal? Help me out here, PLEASE!

So, asking again, for the umpteenth time, what exactly is the point of a split, of a "boycott", or any such action? I have yet to see an answer. In a nutshell, all I want to know, is what the expectation of the schools supporting such action? What's the goal? Help me out here, PLEASE!

 

The goal/action/expections is to allow a playing field were apples will play against apples, oranges will play against oranges. Apples and Oranges will not play together.

 

Allow the both groups to play with their own group:thumb: much like the apples can choose their own curriculum and the oranges have their own curriculum. Each is by a set of rules that clearly defines who are the apples and who are the oranges.

 

I am once more glad to see that the line is so clearly drawn, either you are an apple or an orange. Now what I would have an issue with is if a person could not choose to be an apple or an orange. Then I would go nuts!

 

There are benefits of being an apple. There are benefits of being an orange. There are disadvantages of being an apple. There are disadvantages of being an orange. Now the lines to the adavantages and disadvantages should be clear.

 

Now we can agree and disagree about the oranges and apples on the advantages and disadvantages and as some has done on this thread, call eachother names, but as one of my favorite quotes go "can't we all just get along"! This thread and issue is nothing more and nothing less than choice.

The goal/action/expections is to allow a playing field were apples will play against apples, oranges will play against oranges. Apples and Oranges will not play together.

 

Allow the both groups to play with their own group:thumb: much like the apples can choose their own curriculum and the oranges have their own curriculum. Each is by a set of rules that clearly defines who are the apples and who are the oranges.

 

That's fine if the Oranges have some input into what those rules should be. When a group of Apples gets together and decides to exclude the Oranges from the fruit basket without any input from the Oranges, that is WRONG.

Momma says I must keep silent, so I'm just go get me an orange and eat it after I get it real cold. We won two games in our soccer tourney.

So, asking again, for the umpteenth time, what exactly is the point of a split, of a "boycott", or any such action? I have yet to see an answer. In a nutshell, all I want to know, is what the expectation of the schools supporting such action? What's the goal? Help me out here, PLEASE!

 

If you throw out Fayette and Pulaski Counties this is a non-issue. These two counties have an increase or planned increase in non-public schools. Regardless of fair or unfair recruiting this will weaken the pool of atheletes that the public schools have or have had. Hence there is thrashing by these two public school systems as the public-private equilibrium is modified. In Fayette this will not happen until the heartbearn of the Franklin County BB girls is over (not that that represented any unfair or illegal finding) and after LCA finishes its rise in power. In Pulaski County it appears that the Superintendent of the Year is attempting to snuff out a Christian School before it gets going.

It looks like the politics of the "majority" and their individual stances are not one in the same.

 

A person is rational. "People" are irrational, stupid, and crazy as hell.