[Blacksmith]

No one should be surprised this administration has botched this whole process. As someone who has been blackballed by them, something needs to be done from the top down or else Prestonsburg will never be relevant in anything. Too many “yes men” looking to get that next board position.

They threw everything and the kitchen sink at Sullivan. Had they landed him it would have been one of the biggest hires in mountain football ever. Then folks would have been praising them.

It seems that even through they threw everything they had at him still wasn’t that much. Floyd County pays less than the surrounding area schools when it comes to teacher pay and coaches. Pburg was going to have to get him close to 6 figure salary to come and they couldn’t come close

you know whats funny, they pay their substitute teachers less than Floyd co does. just a couple years ago it was still just $65 a day..

Yeah Floyd County had all that COVID money the past 3 years and was paying retired teachers their daily rates they were making when they taught before retirement because they couldn’t find subs. I think that came to and end this year though. I’m not sure.

Yea and not to derail the thread but they still cant gets subs.. Ive found out that its a  harder to qualify these days and more hoops to jumps through. Plus subs have to pay for their own background checks now which total about $75 and a trip to Pikeville for the federal part.. Tons of paperwork.. I remember when it was a simple background check,  that they paid for and that was it.. I mean I get it and its our kids so its warranted but you cant require all that then offer so-so pay and expect everyone to bum-rush the doors wanting in