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What is that supposed to mean? Who said anything about education not being the most important thing for any child who goes to school? However, we all know the benefits of playing sports and being a member of a team. If I make the decision that it is best that I hold my child back at this point in their school years, they will be punished and not be able to play sports for that year. Sometimes thats the only thing that keeps the child out of trouble with drugs and alcohol. Other school systems let this decision be made by the parents and KHSAA has standards that won't let a child play past 19. The rules are there so who does Pike Co. feel the need to regulate what is already regulated by the state in the first place? Is this decision being made by people in Pike co. who don't want to hold their child back so they prevent those of us who do from doing so?

Actually one school got mad as heck because a parent wanted to hole their child back and the school wouldn't let them. Turns out the kid is a STUD athlete and left. The school and BOE member from that area cried like babies until the rule was changed because they were losing on the athletic field/court.


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