[Joe Friday]

The Board has nothing to do with high school coaching qualifications - it is the KHSAA. A 'coach' must have a minimum of 64 credit hours of college or can be an approved substitute teacher - that is for a level 2. He would have to be a certified teacher and member of the regular school system to be a level 1. Member schools of the KHSAA were trying to get that changed because across the state, there are not enough qualified coaches in the school system but the Kentucky Department of Education didn't approve the proposal. Coach Hancock can coach at the Middle School because the KHSAA does not govern middle schools. The rule the Board changed is that a 'coach' could be a retired certified teacher to coach, before in order to coach basketball and football, you had to be a full time employee. Coach Hancock can still help at the high school but only as a volunteer.

Coach Turner has been working with the girls this summer. It is now the mandatory High School 2 week dead period. She is getting married in July and is busy making preparations for her big day.

It is the parents who decide where their kids attend school. The coach can not make that decision for them.