It's probably more of them keeping their enrollment similar year-over-year to stay within the space & number of teachers they have to work with.
State basketball tournament
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Mike was great! And Skutt never had plans to become a Class A school.
Pure poverty level?
Buffalo County School District 0119 (Amherst) issued a $9,000,000 + bond issue in December, 2021. Aa3 rated by Moody’s.
Info from the POS (preliminary offering statement) issued by Piper Jafrey:
Student enrollment ~ 384 pre k thru 12.
District population: 1,150.
Staffing - 25.5 teachers, 3 Administrators, 18 staff members
Net Direct and overlapping debt to taxable valuation: 2.95%.
Taxable Valuation of SD #0119 - $340,000,000
Audited Financial Statement - 8/31/2020. Net Fund Balance = $5,360,000
Source - EMMA.marble.org
As someone that has bought a ton of bonds, SD #119 is a good looking credit. They should be able to provide their students an excellent education.
Turning away paying customers just to have a competitive edge in sports? Yeah, that makes sense, lol.
Pawnee city had coach smith back in the day who later coached for Danny Nee and the. Lincoln SE. they were better than FCSH at that time for sure
It's becoming obvious that you know very little of small town Nebraska.
Also,
$9.1M bond passes, Amherst project will bring students together in same building
The project at Amherst Public School will consist of new construction and renovation of current facilities. The addition will be about 51,801 square feet of new construction and 12,504 square
Anyone know the average SPED percentages from public and private schools?
I assume they are even…
I assume they are even…
You say it gets old watching St. Francis and Falls City Sacred Heart playing each other for the championship year after year? Don't watch, do something else if you don't like it.
No I’m saying your non-evidence based opinion is based on rhetoric from you and others like you thats “always been said” and “cherry pick” is from people who are bitter about getting their asses kicked.
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Wow several schools? This should be easy to name then.
Im off to go work on my kids 40 time with him. He’s entering kindergarten next year and I want our parish school to accept him, so we need a good 40 time to put on that application. Wish us luck.
Also can anyone tell me why schools like NP st pats and fremont Bergan would opt up a class in football? Or if schools are so good at controlling enrollment why would they be at the bottom of their class? I mean if you can “cherry pick” or “hand pick”?
SPED is all public funds, most private schools will bus them to the public schools for additional help
Or in our local case WE bus them for music and jr high sports and provide daily bussing but lose out on state aid. Yeah that's fair. Can't do anything about it because the parochial parents control the public school board 🙄 😒 😴
Seems like the easy solution would be to let parochial parents send their tax money to the school of their choice
In tomorrow's State Championship games, 8 out of the 10 schools in classes B through D2 finals are private schools. They all out worked those public schools.
Yes, since Nebraska towns and schools have magic wands that they can wave that controls population, yes those private schools that aren't at the top of C-1 are doing it wrong. But seriously, I said that was optimal and that was based on economic study and mathematics. There are other sweet spots that smaller and larger schools can get to that maximize the bang for their buck. Personally, I think the ability of private schools to turn students away is not that big of a factor in the competitive advantage that they have.
Here is some evidence for you...All 4 teams in the Class D-2 finals in boys and girls tomorrow are PRIVATE schools...I am sure it is just a coincidence...not to mention St. Mary's beat Osceola by 30 in the semifinals.
Keep living in denial thinking those schools don't have an unfair advantage.
It’s not an unfair advantage
you get what you pay for
this attitude is exactly why our public schools are useless warehouses
I went to the FCSH/Parkview game last night. I'm curious, on SH's roster, please tell me which player was recruited to play.
Perhaps they are better because they are well coached, they challenge the kids, they play a tough schedule (10 C2 teams, 3 C1 teams), and they have multi year starters.
Now do Millard North....
Perhaps they are better because they are well coached, they challenge the kids, they play a tough schedule (10 C2 teams, 3 C1 teams), and they have multi year starters.
Now do Millard North....
For starters, Jason Green is not a Millard North kid. He's an OPS kid. (Same was true with Hunter Sallis.) Many more on MN's team do not live in that district....
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I keep seeing this weird "unfair advantage" line.
What is the unfair advantage?
What is the unfair advantage?
Glad you could make it to a game...Does Parkview Christian still have 1/2 their roster made up of Euros or did the NSAA finally put a stop to that.
Like someone already pointed out, 8 out of 10 finals are made up of private schools, if you can't see why this upsets people I don't know what to tell you.
I wish FCSH, St. Mary's, Parkview Christian and St. Francis the best of luck in their future private school state invitationals.
And Go Ashland-Greenwood!!!
Private schools advantages, here are some off the top of my head...notice how I don't state they are "unfair", just built in advantages:
-More money at home= more access to lessons, nutrition, camps, travel, equipment, etc
-Ability to take donations from anyone for any cause
-More parental involvement because parents are paying for school and are vested in education
-Aren't restricted by attendance areas like public schools
-More percentage of eligible students. If a student is failing or has discipline issues, he's kicked out of a private school. Many public school students can't make grades, can't read, or have to work to provide and dropout
-Less special ed population= more kids getting better grades= more playing sports. (Students with learning disabilities have a much high chance of failing classes)
-Some private schools require participation in sports by all students, (because they don't work as much or as often as public school kids)
-Ability to admin or deny any student from attending their school
There's others I'm sure. Now I'd love to see a list of public school advantages if anyone can come up with one.
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Dude, I love that your version of public school kids is that they are all poor, have to work multiple jobs to support their family and they all have learning disabilities. Oh and they all have parents that don't give a **** about their education. I also saw hit movie Dangerous Minds.
This is awesome!
With that said, I did teach at two different public schools. One was your version and it sucked. The other really nice.
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I can't speak for Parkview Christian, although they have a very diverse lineup.
All i know is if you look at the rosters of FCSH and St. Francis, the names are very traditional from past years. Evidently Steve Simon shouldn't send his kid to his alma mater because it's not fair to public schools.
45% of students in Nebraska 2017 qualified for free and reduced lunch. Poverty, it's everywhere. Link to stats. I'm guessing in private schools, the percentage on free and reduced lunch is way less than 5%. That alone has a major effect on sports participation. It's easy to say public schools need to "try harder", when there are more issues at play than meet the eye.
Refresh my memory, Millard North is a parochial school maybe? 3rd year in a row in the state championship.....
Their tax dollars pay for those busses too.
Quit being a big baby girl
Ironically you say go Ashland greenwood, whose opponent is Auburn tomorrow. I wonder how the Binder families ended up in Auburn, being they all dwell in the Table Rock area. Fascinating.
Funny how Parkview Christian went from really bad to really good when they switched to a "diverse lineup."
I said go Ashland-Greenwood because their best players father is from my hometown...
