[Joe Friday]

It is a free country, PARENTS decide where their children are educated.

Ms. Hall, principal at ACHS, always puts Allen Central's students' education first. This is the reason Allen Central was the #1 high school, academically, four of the past five years in Floyd County. She wants the girls' basketball program to succeed, as she wants all extracurricular programs to succeed.

Tiffany Turner is a young coach, she is learning, growing, and very competitive. She will build a great program for Allen Central. This takes time and she needs support from parents, players, and the faculty.

Mark Martin works hard with the boys' basketball team and is very knowledgable about the game. He too needs the support of faculty, staff, parents, and the players.

Rick Hancock is an excellent coach and worked as the Maytown coach for Ms. Hall when she was principal there. He wants the best for all players and worked very hard with Tiffany to build the girls' program. They were a good coaching team. He was granted an one-year waiver (one time only) from the KHSAA to coach at the high school level.

With Coach Hancock at the middle school level and Coach Turner at the high school level, AC has good prospects for the future.