That is the problem, the criteria is very loose.

Sometimes there are reasons for transfers and eligibility that are none of our business so I would not agree with the KHSAA making things known public.

I agree, it would be nice if the school they were leaving could get some sort of answer.....

Name em?

For Beechwood Dane Everett who lives in burlington thas conners district, and Joey Staton Who also lives in Burlington!

For Beechwood Dane Everett who lives in burlington thas conners district, and Joey Staton Who also lives in Burlington!

 

But they are not transfers. Big difference. In Kentucky, for the most part you can attend any high school you want and it doesn't matter where you live. There are many many kids, not just athletes, who chose to attend a high school outside the district they live in and they are free to participate in any extra curricular activity they want.

 

The question here is about transfers - specifically, students who have already attended high school somewhere else and participated in a varsity sport at that previous high school. KHSAA rules say any time that high school student with varsity experience transfers, he is automatically ineleigible for a year. That is the rule. There are exceptions to that rule with the main one being the student's family moves to a new district. So how are students from another high school with varsity experience who have not moved becoming eligible and not being forced to sit out a year as the rule states?

I agree, it would be nice if the school they were leaving could get some sort of answer.....

 

What makes you certain that the school(s) that they were leaving don't get an answer? I'm quite certain that if the principals of those schools called Tackett, they would get an explanation. Furthermore, I believe those schools have the right to appeal the initial determination of the KHSAA (whether it's eligible or in-eligible) and have the opportunity to attend a resulting hearing in front of the Hearing Officer. I do know this: sending schools rarely attend the hearings even though they are given notice of the hearings. Some have in the past, but it rarely happened from my knowledge.

I think all schools districts should be open enrollment. This is a way to solve all this mess, Boone county restricts students to their district, where Kenton allows students to attend whichever high school they like.

 

 

But they are not transfers. Big difference. In Kentucky, for the most part you can attend any high school you want and it doesn't matter where you live. There are many many kids, not just athletes, who chose to attend a high school outside the district they live in and they are free to participate in any extra curricular activity they want.

 

The question here is about transfers - specifically, students who have already attended high school somewhere else and participated in a varsity sport at that previous high school. KHSAA rules say any time that high school student with varsity experience transfers, he is automatically ineleigible for a year. That is the rule. There are exceptions to that rule with the main one being the student's family moves to a new district. So how are students from another high school with varsity experience who have not moved becoming eligible and not being forced to sit out a year as the rule states?

The way that this rule is gotten around is a transfer based on "academic reasons." The transfer can be shown to benefit the student's academic future to the board of control. If the criteria are met, the student doesn't have to sit out for a year.

 

plainspoken, I must respectfully disagree. Academic reasons are generally NOT an exception to By Law 6. For example, if a student had played varsity sports at School A but wanted to transfer to School B because he wanted to take spanish classes and School A didn't offer spanish, he would not for that reason be deemed eligible for that academic reason.

 

However, in exception 2(g) (Reassignment By Board of Education), there is some fuzzy language that states that there could be an exception to the general rule of in-eligibility if there is an assignment through KRS 158.6455 or other applicable adopted regulation. If I recall properly (and I may not), this deals with students having the right to attend another school if their school is considered to be "non-performing" or whatever the label is for those schools that the state and feds don't think are measuring up. Don't know if Holmes fits in that category or if it could be the exception that was granted. But in general, "academic reasons" is not a listed exception and is not used by the KHSAA to grant eligibility. The 3 most common ones from my recollection are: (a) a bona fide change of residence; (B) a divorce and a resulting change of residence to live with one parent due; and © a change in custody (pursuant to court order) to one parent or to a third person where the court has found that (1) the parents are unfit, or (2) the health and welfare of the student would be better served by the change in custody.

 

Hope that helps.

I think all schools districts should be open enrollment. This is a way to solve all this mess, Boone county restricts students to their district, where Kenton allows students to attend whichever high school they like.

 

Agree and schools would get their act together or would be closed.

I think all schools districts should be open enrollment. This is a way to solve all this mess, Boone county restricts students to their district, where Kenton allows students to attend whichever high school they like.

 

If I am not mistaken, Boone Co. not only restricts students within their system, they are one of the few, perhaps only, districts I know of that will not release state money if a student chooses to attend a high school outside of Boone County. As a result the student pays a higher tuition at his/her choosen high school.

Agree and schools would get their act together or would be closed.

 

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times; competition is (with very, very few exceptions) always the way to go!

If I am not mistaken, Boone Co. not only restricts students within their system, they are one of the few, perhaps only, districts I know of that will not release state money if a student chooses to attend a high school outside of Boone County. As a result the student pays a higher tuition at his/her choosen high school.

 

Campbell County will not release state money either.

I bet the Beechwood & Highlands folks are happy the heat is on someone else for a change. :lol:

I bet the Beechwood & Highlands folks are happy the heat is on someone else for a change. :lol:

 

While both those schools attract out of district students, very few of them are transfers. The vast majority are out of district kids who enter the high school as freshmen. So we are talking about something different here as we discuss kids transferring from one area high school to another.

Does this open the idea again of Public vs. Private?

I bet the Beechwood & Highlands folks are happy the heat is on someone else for a change. :lol:

 

What heat? Nothing to see hear folks! Move along! Move along!