[BlackcatAlum]

Kids transferring because of playing time or not playing certain positions is not the problem. In fact, I don’t know of anyone doing that.

You have a lot more families living in Floyd County that have never sent their kids to a Floyd Co school and that’s because those families either believe the neighboring districts are a better option or they work there and it’s just easier to send their kids near where they work. That falls on the Floyd County board of education. I mean there was a article that came out last year or the year before stating that the county was losing over $1 million in tax money because over 400 kids that lived in Floyd County where going to school in neighboring counties. Folks that falls back on your school board not making the necessary progress it should have years ago.

Right now Prestonsburg Elementary can’t keep teachers because of politics. Parents aren’t going to keep sending their kids to a school that keeps losing some of its best teachers.

There are families that live right here in Prestonsburg and they have kids attend a neighboring school out of Floyd county that recently transferred in the past year.  I know of multiple families that transferred their kids to neighboring counties and most of them or 90% of them were athletes...Not going to buy the "oh the neighboring districts are a better option or they work their and its easier"  Come on, you been around here long enough to know how it works...I know you better than that.

Like I said, I don’t know of anyone leaving because they weren’t getting playing time or their way is what I’m saying. Are kids transferring for sports? Yeah. Never said they weren’t. 

The biggest problem is there’s 400+ Floyd County kids going to neighboring county schools. That’s my main point. That bleeding has to slow down and I believe it will with the new Floyd Central high school. Updates made at Prestonsburg. Betsy Layne getting a new gymnasium and baseball field. Etc.