[blue1424]

How do schools in the state of Ohio, Indiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Texas, and practically everywhere except in Kentucky make it work with schools (and, lots of them) with over 2,000 kids?

I don't understand the theory of a school being "too big" when it approaches this # and/or higher? The funny part? These states, even with much bigger schools, are not only better (or just as good) as Kentucky high schools academically, but they'd kill us across the board athletically in dang near everything (football, basketball and baseball anyway).

They make it work, why can't we? I know that just in terms of football alone, Todd Shipley was building a program that, maybe in 10 years or less (with the county population growth and his program development) was going to be able to compete with the likes of Trinity. If memory serves me correct, didn't Shelby play Trinity to a 2 or 3 TD game in the 2nd round of '09? So, instead of being able to build off of that (as they were doing), they split the talent down the middle. Instead of a one horse town (one school in the county/district) feeding off the tax base and general fan support, they split it in two (one gets a roll of toilet paper, the other has to get a roll of toilet paper). Why didn't they just expand Shelby County High School? If being land locked on the current campus was a problem, why couldn't they have built say a "Freshmen Academy" where Collins is, thus relieving the over crowding that must have been aparent at SCHS?

Now, I'm not saying let high schools reach over 3,000 kids (there's some schools in Texas with at or around 5K, which is just as bad as our mentality here in KY of wanting to split once they get close to 2,000 IMO), but instead of acting like this :yikes: when schools are growing, I wish more would take the approach of :Thumbs:.

Some think "lack of personal education experience with teachers", "lost in the mix", etc. as schools grow; I think "hire more teachers", "more opportunities" (academic courses, clubs, extra curriculars), etc.

To give some proof in the pudding, one of the most noteable high schools in Texas is Southlake Carroll. They have a 9th/10th campus and an 11th/12th campus with roughly 1,300 kids at each campus, yet they have about a 16:1 teacher/student ratio (I'm willing to bet that Collins nor other smaller schools in KY with around 1,500 or less grades 9-12 have that). Most of you probably recognize Southlake Carroll as a national high school football power, which they are. But, you'd be surprised to see how dominant they are across the board in dang near everything academics, performing arts and athletics. (Google these facts, specifically wikipedia and schooldigger)
Oh well, that's my rant for the day.

Actually at first there was going to be an 8/9 center built where Collins is now but they went ahead and built a new high school instead.