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South leads 24-0 with 6:51 left in Q2.

Disgusting.

You get it.

This thread is about the best NKY players and that is the only thing we are going to discuss here.

If true, that’s very troubling.

You guys get it. You cannot treat students like thing-a-ma-bobs being produced on assembly line. The countless issues and stresses some kids deal with would make people cry. Here's the truth. Some schools start out with students way behind others. Those teachers may help those students learn and grow, but if they don't meet the chosen standard, they are deemed failures. Example: A high school junior moves into a new school. The student reads at a second grade level and can barely do basic math. The teachers and school specialists work with her tirelessly and in one year, her reading ability improves to 8th grade level and she can now do basic algebra. She takes the standardized tests and falls in the second lowest category of achievement, not reaching the expected proficiency at the junior level. By the metric of tests, she is a failure and so are her teachers. If there are enough students like her in her school (and some schools have MANY), then her whole school gets deemed a failure, too, and people that are looking from the outside will question what the hell is going on in that school or district. However, her teachers will consider the growth that has occurred for her in just one year to be a huge success. We know the truth.

As someone who has been there, there certainly is accountability.

I used to teach in a school that at one point was deemed underperforming. We received help in the form of “educational recovery specialists,” former educators that have been specially trained at the Kentucky Department on Education. They bring big changes to the school. They work with teachers and administrators. The principal can also be fired, though mine wasn’t. Here is the interesting thing, where the metrics are screwed up. The year we were deemed to be underperforming was also the year that we had a Top 20 average ACT score amongst Kentucky public schools.

Bingo.

Far from it. There is major accountability. If you don’t make the numbers, you can have people from the state education department (educational recovery specialists) come in and take over your school. It’s not pleasant. The principal can also be fired. The problem is that 1) the metrics are questionable and 2) it falls on impoverished schools or ones with a large minority populations.

I am a life-long educator. My school received 4 stars but I caution anyone from reading too much into these scores. They literally change the system every few years so you really can’t compare from year to year. Also, some of the ways they rank certain areas would leave you scratching your head.

Dominating performance by the Dragons in this great rivalry.

49-0. Final.

Alabama Larry is smiling.

49-0 to start Q4.

Thanks for the great BGP shoutout, @ColonelMike!

42-0 with about 7:00 to go in the third.

Halftime.

35-0 Dragons. Pierce to Bednarczyk. Langford, the kicker, 5-5 on PATs.

Austin Covington with the interception for South. To the house for a 70 yard TD. 28-0 South.

Beautiful 69 years TD reception from Pierce to Bednarczyk. 21-0 South.

14-0 with 11:08 left in Q2.

7-0 South on their first possession.

Final.

Final.