Daniel_Bragg

So is your solution to not have school boards? I'm genuinely curious now.

Yep! Return authority to local school boards, and stop taking property taxes from other counties to spend elsewhere! ALL of my property taxes should remain within my community. Not taken from mine based on where I live, and distributed in other municipalities to "level the playing field".

I really hope the Sectional Final is Pioneer v Sheridan. Gonna be a fun two years in that Sectional.

Two things can be true. 1) Travel ball is awful. 2) Umpires continue to have too much influence on the outcome of baseball/softball games. Now, hear me out on #2. In all sports, officials are there to make sure the game is played fairly and inside the rulebook. In baseball/softball, an umpires strike zone can change in mere seconds. Their eyesight dictates the difference between a baserunner and a strike out, safe or out, fair or foul. I'm a HUGE fan of ABS, NOT because I don't appreciate the job that umpires do, but because you can't have a fair sport based on the whim of a human. I know umpires are doing their best, and 99% of the time, they are calling the game right down the middle. However, we all know that makeup calls exist. I've witnessed and spoken with an umpire that admitted to opening up "the zone" because some coach said something. That's asinine. Kids overcoming adversity is meant to be about the competition. The adversity shouldn't be because of the officials, in ANY sport.

School vouchers are funded through the General Education Fund, which is funded via state level taxes, I.e. income tax, sales tax, etc. Property taxes fund the Operations budgets of the local school, unless a referendum has been passed.

The Statehouse really needs to go fly a kite.

Personally, I would have rather had shot clocks and no PBA, but I also have long voiced my concern for how all schools would implement a shot clock, without financial assistance from the IHSAA. Schools would likely need one person dedicated solely to the shot clock, adding cost per game, and then of course is the purchasing of said shot clocks. Some schools are using such dated scoreboards that they couldn't easily add shot clocks, which would cause them to fully replace the whole system. In my opinion, neither measure should have passed.

It would be interesting to see how many players would come from Rossville. With them never having high school football, what youth programs do they have available?

Does Clinton Central really want to venture into 3A football? I can't imagine that would be fun for anyone.

I think this will be a much bigger issue in basketball than in football. Small schools already have trouble holding on to talent with open enrollment. Now, trying to convince kids not to move to larger schools will be near impossible.

K

Looking at the map, I would have put Caston and Pioneer in 42, and moved Clinton Prairie and Carroll to 43. Also, would have put North Miami in 44, and moved Southwood to 43. The only reason I can see for NOT doing this is that 6 teams of the 8 would be from the same conference. But let's be honest, how fun would it be to see Bud Wright against Sheridan for a Sectional title?

Yeah. The Sectionals in 1A seem to be a little head-scratching. Why would the Clintons be split up, and Sheridan possibly be going to Pioneer, when Carroll is between both schools?

1) Difference between tax rate and taxes owed is important when assessing anything that deals with government. 2) Of course you don't get a "vote" on every issue that the School Board handles. You know why? Because we have a representative republic. Not a true democracy. 3) Do you take issue when other government entities, I.e. libraries, use this same "loophole" to make building improvements? Using bonds to make high dollar improvements with minimal impact to the taxpayer is a responsible way to not let buildings become decrepit. All of this being said, as an elected official, I was against renewing a library bond in Sheridan in 2025, because I wasn't satisfied with the scale of work, for the dollar amount of the bond. It still passed, but I only say this to point out that I at least have "some" experience in this issue. Ultimately, if you want to have an actual vote on whether something like this happens in the future, put your name on a ballot, and join the conversation.

Enrollments were announced on the 2nd Monday of February in 2024. Classifications were released on April 2nd. Sectional Assignments were released on April 30th.