It would be interesting to know where Foster and Dieudonne went to middle school as well. Trinity is really attracting a lot of basketball talent right now as well as football. That is fine if thats where kids want to go. I don't have a problem with it. They IMO are there for the sports teams. I'm sure theres kids at Ballard and J'town because of their bball teams too.

 

 

Why is it so interesting? Is it interesting to know that a kid from St. Gabriel went to Fern Creek or Seneca? Or that a kid from Our Lady of Lourdes went to Manual? Or that a kid from St. Bartholomew went to Male?

Thanks for correcting me with Josh. A big reason is because we only care or hear about the great athletes. Thats our society. We read about their accomplishments. You dont hear about public school kids that go to private schools just for their programs. Like I said before, In my opinion Male, Manual, and Butler are set up the way they are to attract the privates school kids. Its pretty well known in Jeff. Co. that Butler has a high number of Catholic kids.

Why is it so interesting? Is it interesting to know that a kid from St. Gabriel went to Fern Creek or Seneca? Or that a kid from Our Lady of Lourdes went to Manual? Or that a kid from St. Bartholomew went to Male?

 

Like I said in my last post kids are now going to Trinity because of basketball as well as football it appears. Those are 2 really good up and coming players that are in that same boat. Like I said other kids are going to certain public schools for the same reason. As long as no recruiting is going on I think its perfectly fine.

Thanks for correcting me with Josh. A big reason is because we only care or hear about the great athletes. Thats our society. We read about their accomplishments. You dont hear about public school kids that go to private schools just for their programs. Like I said before, In my opinion Male, Manual, and Butler are set up the way they are to attract the privates school kids. Its pretty well known in Jeff. Co. that Butler has a high number of Catholic kids.

 

 

I agree with you on Male, Manual and Butler. I also think Central is an attractive option these days.

Do these rules apply to LCA and Sayre too ? Can't have one set of rules for only LexCath and not for the other private schools there .

 

Update on this question:

 

http://www.kentucky.com/2010/02/25/1157001_p2/mike-fields-notebook-stunners.html

 

Lexington Christian Academy might join the sports agreement that Lexington Catholic and Fayette County's public schools have negotiated. Don Adkins, who oversees athletics for Lexington's public schools, asked LCA if it wanted to get on board. Unlike Lexington Catholic, LCA has kept playing the city's public schools under an agreement reached a couple years ago. LCA Athletics Director Brad Carter said he hasn't seen the new document yet, nor have his school's administrators or board of directors. "But from what we saw (in the newspaper), it looks like a good thing for everybody." If LCA agrees to the new terms, it would have a seat on the oversight panel, along with Lexington Catholic and the public schools, that would review transfers.

Trinity and St. X totally dominating Football and really stepping up in Basketball. No big deal except for the number of Public school 8th graders attending St. X and Trinity. Seems to be a lot of financial aid available lately.

 

I know of several kids who go to Trinity that their parents are teachers in the public school system. They could go free...but choose to send their sons to T at almost 10 k a year. Hummmmmmmmmm....???

You need to get a grasp on what you're talking about...seems to be a void there.

I think I have a pretty rare ability to share from both sides because I have coached in the Fayette Co Public School System and at Lex Cath. Fayette Co Public Schools are their own worst nightmare starting at the top (not talking coaches at all). There is a lack of support from the top and the youth feeder programs struggle compared to other places I've been. I honestly think this will help the public schools. They have dodged this long and it has bitten them IMO.

I taught in the public schools there too and I will say that if we had stayed in Lex I would have tried to find a way to pay for my kids to go to Lex Christian, Lex Cath or moved to Woodford. I had the rare ability to spend 9 days at 9 schools behind closed doors with different Principal's while I was finishing my Masters. People would be floored if they saw what went on behind closed doors! The Principals and Assistants along with the teachers all deserve any raise they ever get!

I've got lots of friends still teaching there along with family. They earn every penny they make and are all quality people.

Wow...I had no idea there was ever any formal boycott going on here. (I'm finally starting to expand my knowledge beyond Northern Kentucky thanks to BGP). Can someone fill me in on what the reason for the boycott was originally? From reading the thread, I'm assuming it was based on schools calling foul about transfers, among other things.

I know of several kids who go to Trinity that their parents are teachers in the public school system. They could go free...but choose to send their sons to T at almost 10 k a year. Hummmmmmmmmm....???

 

I know of teachers at a 1A school in Southeast KY that has kids go to a 4A school that won it all last year and made the final 4 this year. All public.

I know of several kids who go to Trinity that their parents are teachers in the public school system. They could go free...but choose to send their sons to T at almost 10 k a year. Hummmmmmmmmm....???

 

Do you really think someone would PAY to have their kids educated based on athletics alone?

So now kids who attend a private grade school and whose parents decide to opt to take advantage of the public education that their parents tax dollars help support will not be allowed to play varsity sports for a year???

 

I have no problem with applying the transfer rule to 8th graders who played varsity sports but to unilaterally penalize even kids who didn't play sports in bogus. The president at LexCath should be ashamed for agreeing to it.

 

First, the purpose of this rule in regards to why it applies both to public school kids going to private schools and vice versa is because for years public schools only wanted it one way, public to private. However, they refused to acknowledge that this happens in reverse and frankly, Lexington Catholic should demand that if is asked to enforce certan regulations that they shouldn't be the only ones.

 

Second, I can only assume that the assumption here is that while it does seem hypocritical to some degree to penalize incoming freshmen who had no high school affiliation, sports related as an eighth grader, to suffer a year of no varsity sports, Angelucci simply had to concede somewhere to make this go through. The hopes is that most incoming freshmen rarely have much bearing on their varsity team to begin with. However, I do realize that isn't always the case and some kids will suffer. Still, this isn't college where they can go pro after freshman year. They'll have three years of varsity and one year of junior varsity to sharpen their skills.

Do you really think someone would PAY to have their kids educated based on athletics alone?

 

While I agree the case is rare and most sane people would also consider academics, opportunities, and simple religious based disciplines into the equation; in this day and age I am never suprised with what parents will do to try and get their kids ahead in sports. I'd venture a guess that somewhere a parent does pay to have their kids educated on athletics alone. (and no, I'm not suggesting that is the case at Trinity)

Wow...I had no idea there was ever any formal boycott going on here. (I'm finally starting to expand my knowledge beyond Northern Kentucky thanks to BGP). Can someone fill me in on what the reason for the boycott was originally? From reading the thread, I'm assuming it was based on schools calling foul about transfers, among other things.

 

That is the case. Regardless of who was right/wrong, I believe that the quicker then normal emergence of Lexington Catholic as a state powerhouse, initially in Boy's Basketball, but later emerging into almost every sport, set the public schools at unrest. Lexington Catholic had been a fledgling school in the 80's that was about to simply go under as class sizes sunk to 20 or less. Then suddenly they improved their facilities, added football to the mix, put a stronger focuse on their athletics then what was seen prior, and kids from the public school systems started to come more frequently. Now I won't comment on whether it happened or not but at some point the public schools felt certain athletes going to Lexington Catholic were contacted or assisted improperly in coming to the school and this set off the chain of events where by public schools quit scheduling Lex Cath.

 

People can claim that the money issue a few years ago where former president Glaser was seen to have used improper funds to assist students of Lexington Catholic who had special financial needs is proof that Lexington Catholic broke the rules. I will go on record to say it doesn't look good, but I can attest that both athletes and non athletes recieved financial aid through that fund and some of the athletes involved had family issues, i.e. sudden death of a parent, house burns down, etc that would suggest an emergency need.

 

However, I can also attest that over the past five years alone there has been proof in Lexington that the public school coaches have been just as guilty if not more of violating different rules in regards to contacting incoming freshmen athletes and also playing ineligible players.

 

Simply put, neither side is right and neither side is totally wrong. The thing I can say about this action is that hopefully it will open up an avenue where both Lexington Catholic and the Fayette Co. schools can have a peaceful dialogue and co-exist athletically. Being a former Lexington Catholic athlete I can say that it was a disappointment in my four years at the school to never play a Fayette Co. school on the varsity level (I played football so different classes didn't allow for postseason play).

Do you really think someone would PAY to have their kids educated based on athletics alone?

 

They don't pay if the kids get scholarships to go to private schools. I have no problem with it, but I'm sure there are a lot of great athletes at Trinity and St. X who are not catholic. They see a great opportunity at that school in athletics and I'm sure college athletic scholarship opportunities is a big reason a lot of students go to Trinity and St. X and LexCath. Who can blame them and their families really.