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He lives rent free in so many of your heads. Lol

I would be curious to find out. Ask the Internship Coordinator at Sheridan how challenging it has been in recent years to place interns; prior to these changes? I know in our building, she was struggling to place the ones who signed up for the class. Last school year, she had around 200 students to place. A handful already had jobs, but most of those will not count toward the new requirements. With about 300 students per class in our building, that challenge will increase dramatically. I get the whole thing about college. The problem with a pendulum swinging in these topics is that it never stops at dead center. It will swing too far the other direction. So, I might be able to find an electrician every couple of blocks, I will have to drive farther to find a doctor or a dentist. One downside to the focus on trades, or even manual labor is that too many students settle. They don't want to push. We see fewer students entering nursing programs, teacher programs, medical school, along with other professions requiring a degree.

Back in the day, we were just happy on pepperoni pizza day to get a square that had a sliver of pepperoni on it instead of one that was just all cheese.

Good grief. A simple "I'm enrolling at another school" would do just fine.

1) The families using the vouchers pay property taxes too. So I’d argue that it means they’re getting the intended value from paying them. 2) What segregation are you talking about? Can you expound on that - preferably with some kind of real-world data from Indiana’s program? Last I looked at it (which admittedly was several years ago) racial minorities were over-represented in the use of the program. That is, racial minorities represented a higher percentage of voucher users than of the overall state population.

Given that the vast majority of vouchers are used by kids that aren't or haven't been in public schools, it's less likely to pull kids out of public schools solely for the idea of athletics. In addition, with the new "free transfer" policy from the IHSAA, that will make the appeal of public-to-private voucher use less likely combined with sports. There are more options in public schools for the ability to move to more competitive programs or less effort situations than the private school options. As we've already seen in other threads, there seem to be quite a few "commitment" announcements that don't mention saints or religious education. Also, with regard to private schools, while they'll certainly be happy to take the voucher money, they aren't likely to tolerate minimal effort in athletic endeavors from "outsiders" ... non-legacy folks ... unless there's a major counter-effort in the classroom as they can't afford someone in the ranks who isn't contributing on the field and not contributing in the classroom ... again, unless there's some legacy connection.

Elkhart utilized existing facilities. Anderson and Muncie did the same. Hammond built a new high school (Central) when they downsized from 4 high schools to 2. They already had Morton and shifted their internal district boundary to try to split students somewhat evenly between Central and Morton. I don’t think building a new campus saves Terre Haute/Vigo County Schools much money. If the properties they close and sell have any value, maybe they come out ahead, but as others have said, Terre Haute is not growing and those properties will probably sit empty. Their superintendent has a history of getting run out of other districts for poor decision-making. He will probably be retired or moved on before any of this plan actually happens.

We joke.......but it will be here soon, not under the table like it could possibly be happening right now, but public and out in the open.

Facts.

Yep. Ryan Day is so dumb and deserves sole responsibility for that loss. Had three Ferrari’s on the outside and yet wanted to prove Lou Holtz wrong again. The team that wins the rushing yardage battle, wins the game…so he ran into two brick walls (Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant) repeatedly for 60 minutes. Elite recruiter, actually an elite offensive mind who turtles under pressure, specifically when games are close in the 4th quarter.

I’m with you!!! It was a blessing if you were lucky enough to get 2 pepperonis on your slice

I remember thinking that the first time he sold it. But from the last topic here, he was supposed to be paying people who provided content for him to post. He had a sponsor for a while too, a State Farm agent. It used to be his banner on his page, but I don't see it anywhere. With all the baggage he brings to the table, he was still able to do player and team profiles and coaches interviews/questionnaires. While not surprised, it is one less voice/page dedicated to HS Football....if it actually goes away.

Not accurate. It is illegal for the association to use dues collected to fund political campaigns. Contributions to a PAC are voluntary.

I know Sheridan has A LOT of students out of the school on a daily basis for internships. They are proud of that fact. From what I have seen/heard though, most are in internships for college credit. I wholeheartedly agree about the pendulum swinging. In almost every scenario, when the government tries to fix one thing now, they cause more problems later. I think there can be a middle to all of this. In career fields that are vital and currently experiencing shortages, I.e. teaching, nursing, etc...the government should create incentives for students to choose those career paths. I'm not going to go into proposals for those incentives, but I imagine you can come up with a few yourself. Now, back to "will vouchers affect the football landscape", I honestly don't think so. Top performing public school kids aren't going to switch to voucher schools, just because they can. If I had to venture a guess, the more likely to make these moves are guys who don't get a lot of playing time, and just want to win a ring with minimal effort, riding on someone else's coattails. If a kid is starting at a team that is competitive, I don't think he'll move to a school just because of vouchers.

To the end of more internship hours, it is natural for the state to want to generate their own workforce. The reality is that Indiana needs blue collar workers. So, the DOE and political leaders are changing the curriculum to match the workforce needs. I usually don't get involved in political discussions on forums, as being a local elected official brings its own volume of discussion, but I did want to engage with that point. I'm not saying I agree with the plan. I prefer that we prepare our children for a life that leads to being the most educated that they can be. However, when college has been proven over the past several decades to be more of a "piece of paper" than an achievement that prepares you for the real world, it is only natural that state governments would start getting pressured to deviate from that model.

I will add...pay attention to other things going on. Relaxing of child labor laws has been attempted the last couple of sessions, and could likely pass. The new graduation requirements dramatically increase the amount of internship hours students have to complete (aka free labor). these legislators want to guarantee a line of working class citizens. There is still a direct connection between the groups that support privatizing education as well as privatizing the prison system. Failing schools and/or lack of access to any school keeps that pipeline going.

15 years of harmless debate and we are slowly revealing the deficiencies of schools in general, but more specifically, public education.

The money comment is 100% spot on. Some of the schools that receive the most money per student, are some of the worst, educationally performing schools in the state, historically. I see Muda as someone who is well versed in this discussion and willing to debate. As versed as he/she can be without being employed in the education field, as they just said.

Agreed

He'll be back when he gets bored. Don't forget contraction, too.

Heard 24/7 and Rivals are in a bidding war.

Upgraded lunch at the school, steak or prime rib daily

Ok. Then I'll just have to take that you support the notion of government school corporations receiving all the taxpayer funded education dollars for every student within it's geographical district, regardless of how many of those students are actually enrolled in that school corporation. That's called "having your cake and eating it too", a idiom that organizations like the ISTA/NEA at least covertly embrace and support. As for me "openly supporting segregation", I support a parent's right to choose what kind of education their child receives, and the taxpayer dollars that come with it. If that is "supporting segregation" then so be it. I guess in your mind all parents who choose to send their child to a charter, private, or parochial school are "openly supporting segregation" as well.

The SEC has been doing this for years. And they play one less conference game than everybody else to avoid having half their teams adding a loss to their resume. They pad their win totals and pound their chests. Rinse, wash, repeat.

Hard to say on Ryan Day.....he was handed the keys to a Ferrari and never had to work his way up driving Oldsmobiles in a head coaching role. Just wonder where he would be if he had to work his way up as a head coach. Day sure seemed to be confused in the game against Michigan last year. No way they should have lost that game at home. That was not impressive to land him as top coach in the Big 10.

Actually education taxes are welfare for all, not just the rich. But you knew that. Let's propose a hypothetical and you tell me the logic in this: A government geographical area school district has 5000 school-aged children in it. However the families of 500 of those children decide to send them to a private/charter/religious/parochial school instead of the local government school. Why should the government school corporation still receive taxpayer-funded education dollars for 5000 children instead of 4500?

Then taxpayer monies for education are following the student, and not always to their geographically boundaried government school corporation. Working as intended. Good.

West Noble?

Nothing pathetic about a young man looking to maximize his opportunities.

Go Braves. That said we all know these preseason polls are at least 50% a "reward" for prior season success. IMHO Rochester is probably the cream of the crop in the TRC this season, not Maconaquah.

Yep, growing pains. To be expected in a relatively new industry. Glad to know most of these fraudsters are out of business.