[katsfan]

Kids shouldn't just get a choice in which high school they go to. If you go through an elementary school, then middle school that feeds into a high school, go to that high school. Parents are switching children in middle school now in order to play jr. high sports for "the better team." No one realizes that if none of the parents transferred their kids in the first place, the team that they were supposed to be on would be good. If a bus runs by your house and takes other children where you live to school A, then you should have to go to school A too. No reason why you should not. I didn't just up and pick to go to a different high school that was 30 miles away from me but still in my county simply because I wanted to...

Also, most people who change schools to play sports don't go through the whole legal process. The KHSAA simply does not know all the facts or put the necessary effort into finding them out. I'm surprised that Swindall was ruled ineligible considering that rarely happens. All things said and done, those people who moved to Valley's school district and remains there the entire time their child plays/attends that school have the right to be there. If that criteria isn't met, then they do not.

I can't stop her from playing wherever she wants to, but obviously the KHSAA can.

I disagree . . . about the bus thing. The East Ridge bus goes by our house and we are in the East Ridge district. It takes a good 40 minutes on a dangerous two lane 460 Hwy to get to East Ridge. However, we live 5 miles from Shelby Valley, a 6 minute drive - 4 lane all the way. Why put my kids on a bus in those conditions when I can send them to a better school, closer to home, closer to my job if I need to pick them up early? (And have you seen the price of gas?) Did you ever consider this is the reason why parents who live closer to Valley send their kids there?