Riddle me this, how many of the top programs are open enrollment in some fashion or form.

 

Beechwood: Open enrollment

Highlands: Open enrollment

Trinity: Open enrollment

St X: Open enrollment

NCC: Open enrollment

 

As far as I know all of this schools are either private or independent. Which means they are open enrollment schools. Now of course the finger points to Kenton Co. because they are open enrollment and certain schools do get certain players because of it. Look through out the state of open enrollment schools and how they do. Not just in football but in a certain area. Williamstown is not going to do well in any sport but they do well in band and that is due to a large part of open enrollment.

Manual/Eastern/SK=15

 

X/Rocks=249

 

Praise the Lord for Eastern. :banana:

Riddle me this, how many of the top programs are open enrollment in some fashion or form.

 

All of Jefferson County.

^^^Funny. Ever heard of Manual/Male/Butler/ Call them and ask how you get a child in. Let us know the answer because you won't believe me.

 

But for those who will believe me....To enter Manual you MUST be a resident of Jefferson County. You have to apply and a board looks at every application. Then you are asked to submit transcripts of the last two years and write an essay...about what and how many words I'm not sure but the school might tell you if you ask.

 

Manual/Male you have to be in the Traditional program and again you have to apply. Early there is a number system used and its hard for a elementary student, but as they age it gets easier because some kids choose to leave...this I know 100% because we just went through this process with our 6th grader. he did not attend a tradtional school until he applied for this year and again we had to submit grades/attendance/write essays/. He is now in and can choose any school in Jefferson County and Male/Butler.

 

Manual read above. And to be fair I'm not sure if an Oldham etc. child can get into Male/Butler, but I'll call and let you know.

There obviously very successful teams but it just seems like there really stretching the gap out too far from the public schools. I think it was a big part of the reason T really backed off SK in the second half. If you abuse someone or something to much, someone is going to do something about it. The question is what?

All of Jefferson County.

 

All of Jefferson County are not the top programs. When you look at the programs people talk about being at the top most are open enrollment. So if you want your child to play for a top program you can do it if you are willing to pay. I know a number of people that went to Beechwood for this vary reason who would not have gone there otherwise.

 

One of HHS freshman RBs was at a Kenton Co MS last year and was very open about where he would go to HS. You get out into the county schools and for the most part you pull from your county and that is it. In most of the open enrollment schools if you can pay and get there then you are in. It allows you to pull from a large group.

^^^Funny. Ever heard of Manual/Male/Butler/ Call them and ask how you get a child in. Let us know the answer because you won't believe me.

 

But for those who will believe me....To enter Manual you MUST be a resident of Jefferson County. You have to apply and a board looks at every application. Then you are asked to submit transcripts of the last two years and write an essay...about what and how many words I'm not sure but the school might tell you if you ask.

 

Manual/Male you have to be in the Traditional program and again you have to apply. Early there is a number system used and its hard for a elementary student, but as they age it gets easier because some kids choose to leave...this I know 100% because we just went through this process with our 6th grader. he did not attend a tradtional school until he applied for this year and again we had to submit grades/attendance/write essays/. He is now in and can choose any school in Jefferson County and Male/Butler.

 

Manual read above. And to be fair I'm not sure if an Oldham etc. child can get into Male/Butler, but I'll call and let you know.

I'll say it again. All of Jefferson County is open enrollment. A kid in Chickasaw Park can attend Eastern.

HHS

 

The Blue Letters: Diabolical Secrets Excerpted from the Missives of Independent Rogues

 

How about this?

 

The Blue Lanterns: Gideon's Army...Winning Without Numbers

Always?

Absolutely!

How about this?

 

 

The Blue Lanterns: Gideon's Army...Winning Without Numbers

 

 

Much better! :lol: Although, I did work hard on that challenge from CR. I may not get an A, but it's a solid B.

Much better! :lol: Although, I did work hard on that challenge from CR. I may not get an A, but it's a solid B.

 

Too many big words for me...:lol:

 

It would probably be better to leave "Letter" in there...but I wanted to work the word "lantern" in to fit with the Gideon theme.

 

Of course, if you want to get really analytical, this may not fit Highlands since Gideon started with about 30,000 men and he chose the best from that initial Jefferson County-like pool of males...:sssh::lol:

:lol::lol:

^^^Funny. Ever heard of Manual/Male/Butler/ Call them and ask how you get a child in. Let us know the answer because you won't believe me.

 

But for those who will believe me....To enter Manual you MUST be a resident of Jefferson County. You have to apply and a board looks at every application. Then you are asked to submit transcripts of the last two years and write an essay...about what and how many words I'm not sure but the school might tell you if you ask.

 

Manual/Male you have to be in the Traditional program and again you have to apply. Early there is a number system used and its hard for a elementary student, but as they age it gets easier because some kids choose to leave...this I know 100% because we just went through this process with our 6th grader. he did not attend a tradtional school until he applied for this year and again we had to submit grades/attendance/write essays/. He is now in and can choose any school in Jefferson County and Male/Butler.

 

Manual read above. And to be fair I'm not sure if an Oldham etc. child can get into Male/Butler, but I'll call and let you know.

That's funny b.c I know athletes that are getting into Manual now DESPITE their grades. A certain girl's basketball player that graduated last year went to a stuggline middle school, made very poor grades, but man could she handle the rock. She got in. I certain male basketball player had very questionable grades and struggled mightly in his one year at Manual, but he got in despite his academic record. So to say that getting into Manual is a hard thing to do is very questionable. On the other hand Male toughened their standards and quit letting Red bring in athletes that struggled academically. That is one of the reason Male football has struggled in the past few years, at least by Male standards. Word is they are backing off the academics and allowing more "athletes" to get in. It will be interesting to see how the football program does in the next few years. But yes, a kid in the west end can go to a school in the east end. Just check out Eastern's basketball state champions back in the 90's. All of those kids came from the downtown projects. Some were said to even get bailed out of jail to play in the regionals. But that wouldn't happen at an east end school now would it?

:lol::jump:

Riddle me this, how many of the top programs are open enrollment in some fashion or form.

 

Beechwood: Open enrollment

Highlands: Open enrollment

Trinity: Open enrollment

St X: Open enrollment

NCC: Open enrollment

 

As far as I know all of this schools are either private or independent. Which means they are open enrollment schools. Now of course the finger points to Kenton Co. because they are open enrollment and certain schools do get certain players because of it. Look through out the state of open enrollment schools and how they do. Not just in football but in a certain area. Williamstown is not going to do well in any sport but they do well in band and that is due to a large part of open enrollment.

 

Riddle me this. Where do you get your definition of an Indpendent school district or the notion that an Independent school district can admit anyone they want? The Ft. Thomas Independent School District includes the City of Ft. Thomas only. If you live anywhere outside of the city limits you have to pay tuition to go there, which is the same with any public school, Independent or not. They operate under the same rules as any county school district. To equate the advantages of private schools in athletics to an Independent school district is less than accurate. If they were open enrollment kids from Newport, Bellevue, Dayton, Highland Heights, Cold Spring, Alexandria, etc could go there without paying tution which is simply not the case.

FYI: In Kentucky, there are two types of public school districts. The first type, county school districts, typically cover all or a large part of a county, and are generally styled "XXXX County (Public) Schools." The second type, "independent" districts, usually encompass cities or groups of cities. These have several different styles, but with one detail in common—"County" is nowhere to be found in the district name. All independent districts operate within a single county, with the following exceptions:Caverna, which serves two adjoining cities on separate sides of the boundary between Barren and Hart Counties

Corbin, which serves a single city divided between Whitley and Knox Counties.

There is some question as to whether the Fairview or Russell district overlaps into another county. An official map of the Fairview district, located in Boyd County, seems to indicate that it overlaps into a small area of Greenup County. However, the official map of the adjacent Russell district in Greenup County includes the aforementioned overlap, plus a small area within Boyd County. To see maps of these and other independent school districts in Kentucky, see this page at the Kentucky Department of Revenue.

 

 

 

 

http://www.revenue.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/9001452F-50B9-4B28-80A5-2AD2DA8AA567/0/Campbell__FortThomas_Ind.jpg

 

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Absolutely!

What do you consider "kids from right here in Fort Thomas"?

Riddle me this. Where do you get your definition of an Indpendent school district or the notion that an Independent school district can admit anyone they want? The Ft. Thomas Independent School District includes the City of Ft. Thomas only. If you live anywhere outside of the city limits you have to pay tuition to go there, which is the same with any public school, Independent or not. They operate under the same rules as any county school district. To equate the advantages of private schools in athletics to an Independent school district is less than accurate. If they were open enrollment kids from Newport, Bellevue, Dayton, Highland Heights, Cold Spring, Alexandria, etc could go there without paying tution which is simply not the case.

FYI: In Kentucky, there are two types of public school districts. The first type, county school districts, typically cover all or a large part of a county, and are generally styled "XXXX County (Public) Schools." The second type, "independent" districts, usually encompass cities or groups of cities. These have several different styles, but with one detail in common—"County" is nowhere to be found in the district name. All independent districts operate within a single county, with the following exceptions:Caverna, which serves two adjoining cities on separate sides of the boundary between Barren and Hart Counties

Corbin, which serves a single city divided between Whitley and Knox Counties.

There is some question as to whether the Fairview or Russell district overlaps into another county. An official map of the Fairview district, located in Boyd County, seems to indicate that it overlaps into a small area of Greenup County. However, the official map of the adjacent Russell district in Greenup County includes the aforementioned overlap, plus a small area within Boyd County. To see maps of these and other independent school districts in Kentucky, see this page at the Kentucky Department of Revenue.

 

 

 

 

http://www.revenue.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/9001452F-50B9-4B28-80A5-2AD2DA8AA567/0/Campbell__FortThomas_Ind.jpg

 

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No, not all county school systems operate the same. Some have placed limits on who they can take kids from. That's the thing. many have reciprocal agreements, many do not. There is not one set of rules governing enrollment at public schools, therefore there cannot be one set of rules (except the KHSAA) that govern private schools. :banana::banana: