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Some are and some of these laws have been shot down by the court. However; abortion is now a state issue. I think the supreme court made that clear. The absurdity is that "republican states" have law enforcement waiting at the border with pregnancy test...I HIGHLY doubt this is happening. Now, as with most things, this could occur, but to advertise that this is common is ridiculous. Scenario - a married woman decides to abort a baby at 6 months and does not tell her husband. She lives in a state where abortion past 3 months is illegal. The neighboring state allows abortion up to 9 months. The woman crosses the state line to get an abortion. Did she murder her husbands child? Scenario #2 - a married (or unmarried) woman who is 6 months pregnant is driving down the road and is struck by a drunk driver. Did the drunk driver kill one person or two? Gavin Newsome isn't going to win more votes on the abortion issue this year, it is an attempt to provide a distraction from the disasters occurring in his own state.

I am always hopeful for change, but I feel like this will backfire.

Sheridan can sometimes benefit from being in Hamilton County and getting athletes from the larger surrounding schools.

Growing up in Southern Indiana, I heard my father and family friends speak of his leadership abilities and was able to play against him one year. What a loss to the Indiana Football community.

Which teams lost the most this year? I've heard Carroll had a good group of Seniors leave and I believe that Park Tutors is 2A next year. Sheridan loses a lot of skill players, but keeps their OL. Perry Central comes back down to 1A in the south. Any potential there? LaVille will be a fun addition back to 1A.

Thank you Coach, you gave the best answer yet - its up to the community.

Not speaking for @BTF, but I think you are oversimplifying his comment. I believe BTF is implying that taxes at a local level impact you at a much more personal level than federal taxes. I think most can agree that taxes are a waste of money, but I would rather pay more money to local taxes than federal taxes. Big, bloated government taxes/spending at a federal level hurt everyone. Also, I think this thread was made to discuss which schools currently have turf and which schools do not have turf. @btownqbcoach1 saw the future, when he posted "I am sure some will take this thread as an opportunity to try and discredit/get butthurt about turf... but... meh." Boy, was he right....Maybe you should start your own thread "TURF SUCKS, SOD RULES"

Fix the rest please...its absolutely needed...

Things can be true in your own mind, but are not objectively true. You are correct that a single class system can be better to crown one individual champion, but as @CoachGallogly has suggested, its not practical for football.

Great perspective here. Each class is "weighed" based on their enrollment. Instead of playing the "what if" game that @BTF mentions, lets celebrate accomplishments. To get to a state championship in each class is a feat, so diminishing the accomplishments of a 1A school over a 6A school doesn't accomplish much.

Westfield has lots of potential to increase enrollment in Hamilton County, unless surrounding communities Cicero, Atlanta, Arcadia (Hamilton Heights), Sheridan and Noblesville cut off potential growth - yes, school district boundaries are set, but students and families can continue to choose Westfield as the city grows out and up.

Nice name and good luck to the new conference - Sagamore #2 probably would get confusing.

@Muda69 While he doesn't say it explicitly, here are a couple of quotes below that appear to encourage it. I see the quote at the bottom of the article stating it is a local matter, but he still qualifies it with the "unpleasant" quote. It's also hard to deny the entire tone of the article is set toward consolidation. So, if you have low educational attainment that’s keeping your local economy from growing, or if you face a local nursing shortage, it is time to connect the dots to local school corporations. Still, our research, and that of many scholars before us tells a clear story. Very small school corporations, with roughly 2,000 or fewer students, are shortchanging the educational outcomes of a substantial share of their students.

@Muda69 Yes, I read the Ball State study (located here for reference: https://www.indianachamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/School-Corp-Size-2024.pdf) The conclusion was summarized in one sentence: "Increasing school corporation size to around 2,000 students has the potential to reduce per pupil cost and free up funds for classroom instruction of other purposes which could improve the educational outcomes of students." It is important to note that they use aggregated data to perform this study and they do not dive deeper into each school corporation to address potential outlier conditions. For example, the number of foreign exchange students, the number of special education students and those with an IEP. All these items (and more) can affect graduation rate or test scores. I think the study provides insight, but should be expanded to provide real insight to the unique qualities at all schools. As a reminder, these are children, not numbers and each child will flourish in different settings. I think my main point is that I would caution consolidation based on aggregate data and leave this up to the communities where the children and their parents live.