thomam

I'm not saying its all privates. For the most part it is publics in Jefferson.

Athletics are not part of the educational experience. If they were then everyone would be forced to play like they are to learn. Coaches have try-outs and can get rid of kids that aren't doing what they are supposed to do. You can't do that in education. Well, atleast not at public schools.

I'm not really arguing. I just know how it works. I'm not saying its bad but it happens. A lot of clubs direct a kid to a certain school. The coach of the school usually doesn't say a word to these kids. They are not directly recruited, more indirectly. Some people have a problem with this.

But in some cases the coaches do step in and recruit. People need to quit denying that recruiting is a problem. In Jefferson County its a big one. I don't know about anywhere else but it is a problem and it does happen.

I don't know if I'm for getting rid of clubs and AAU but many schools use AAU and clubs to recruit. Thats probably why that proposal came about.

Weak Rockpride?

What if I told you the schools that were recruiting that I knew of were public? Your so convinced I'm going to name your school? Why?

Exactly Cshs

Thanks for pointing that out. I'm aware of the rules but thanks for the warning. I'm just saying recruiting is a problem in Jefferson County. Face it. Everyone directly involved with school sports programs knows its true. And I'm not defending the public schools against this even though I belong to one. KHSAA won't go by heresay and coaches aren't stupid enough to write out handwritten invitations to come to their school to play sports. You almost have to have them on video with audio. Its very hard to crack down on and people know it and take advantage of it.

I have not specified anyone and your not going to get me to specify anyone. I just said bigger schools.

I said just about all of jefferson County public schools. most of them believe you have to recruit because of open enrollment. I did not specify a specific school. I know the BGP rules.

KHSAA went after the little dog in Holy Cross. If they would have busted one of the bigger schools then that would have set an example. I'm still seeing stuff go on after that. It had no effect. It scared no one.

I say go with Prop 1 and add this to it. You got to sit a year if you go to a school outside of your resides area in Jefferson County.

If its all about education and not about athletics then why are we getting so mad about this rule? I think they should go even further and say in Jefferson County, if you go to a school outside of your resides area you got to sit a year. These proposals are about recruiting. Public schools are complaining that the private schools recruit. Well in Jefferson County just about every public school ilegally recruits. So I say set this for resides areas. What sickens me most is everyone wants to lie and act like this stuff doesn't go on.

Academics are competition. If they weren't they wouldn't be posting CATS scores in the paper and rewarding high testing schools and looking to punish low ones. Manual and Male are rigged to win that competition amongst public schools. You cannot compare a Iroquois to a manual in academics. Iroquois will never be close to Manual in academics, because Manual picks and chooses while Iroquois and other schools cannot. Manual can refuse anyone they want. Iroquois can't refuse kids in the resides area. Manual has no real resides area.

If you think academics aren't about competition too. You are crazy.

excellent question since the enrollment at Moore has gone up every year. We have had close to 300 in each of the last two freshmen classes. Moore will stay open forever. JCPS is taking pride in it being one of the only true community 6-12th grade schools.

I know Central is a lot better then it used to be but it is still very different then Manual.

Manual is not a inner city school in the sense that a Central is. Manual picks and chooses students. Manual and Male are what many in Louisville consider a Public-Private school.

A student gets what a student puts into school. There are great students making great grades at the lowest scoring schools. If you want to go to a better school, move. Thats how it used to be. Everything was fine then.

Jefferson County should, go back to neighborhood schools Only attend schools in resides area) and also give Male, Manual, Butler, Central. Resides areas.

Exactly Sportsguy

Awesome, "own little private school" Thats basically what Manual and Male are.

Yeah, if these kids that were going to Male and Manual had to go to their actual home schools, there would be a lot more parity in academics in Louisville.

LSURock, thats the truth about Manual and Male. They pick and choose who they want also. Thats definitely the pot calling the kettle black. They should be in this group of private schools. Someone should propose a rule against schools like them who have no resides area at all and can choose students they want. The rest of the Jefferson County Public schools can't do that.

They may be someday.

"I can't blame them for simmering with resentment when they see kids who attended public schools in grades one through eight somehow show up in the lineups of private high schools. Amazing how that happens. Sometimes they even arrive from across the river."

Thats a nice bold statement from Bozich

Because they have no resides area at all. They can pick and choose from any area in Louisville.