[Fly Like a Duck]

I remember when Thomas Nelson opened, and I was a little confused because it felt that there really wasn't a need for a new school. For me, when a school splits, it's because the other school has gotten too big. Nelson County never felt too big, to me. It definitely wasn't small, but it didn't strike me as needing to split.

They built it thinking that the population growth on the northern end of the county out Shepherdsville Road (same road Jim Beam is on; that connects Bardstown to I-65) was going to blow up in growth (in large part to the rumor going around that nearby Fort Knox was going to be getting a massive influx of soldiers).

Flashforward 6-7 years later and there is no growth (Nelson County HS has actually declined in enrollment). Academically? I don't know. The same as they were when they were one.

Athletically? Other than girls basketball at Nelson County and girls soccer at Thomas Nelson; their athletic programs across the board at both schools are about as bad as it gets. Meanwhile; Bardstown just keeps smiling.