[Malcolm Ex]

Any updates on this opening?

[Fly Like a Duck]

None. Won’t be for a while.

Here is my post from the Nelson 2018 thread that will provide some insight:

So much up in the air with this one that goes beyond just who they hire as their next coach.

New super to be hired (district is taking apps right now), and there is serious talk that Nelson County & Thomas Nelson will go back as one (w/ TN possibly becoming a 9th grade center or MS). The making of TN has killed both schools. They never should have split in the first place and many are realizing that now. The decision to go back as one will be largely on the new super. If they go back as one (if they did it wouldn’t be until 2019 I wouldn’t think) then this becomes a good job again...6A, but nonetheless a good job. Right now in its current state and especially with them dropping into 3A with the possibility of being thrown into a district with DeSales, CAL and Central; well......

Nelson was a 4A school last realignment that chose to play up in 5A...flash forward a few years later and they’ve dropped to 3A numbers. Meanwhile Bardstown is firmly in 3A (the split of Nelson County has largely impacted their growth). I

[Malcolm Ex]

None. Won’t be for a while.

Here is my post from the Nelson 2018 thread that will provide some insight:

So much up in the air with this one that goes beyond just who they hire as their next coach.

New super to be hired (district is taking apps right now), and there is serious talk that Nelson County & Thomas Nelson will go back as one (w/ TN possibly becoming a 9th grade center or MS). The making of TN has killed both schools. They never should have split in the first place and many are realizing that now. The decision to go back as one will be largely on the new super. If they go back as one (if they did it wouldn’t be until 2019 I wouldn’t think) then this becomes a good job again...6A, but nonetheless a good job. Right now in its current state and especially with them dropping into 3A with the possibility of being thrown into a district with DeSales, CAL and Central; well......

Nelson was a 4A school last realignment that chose to play up in 5A...flash forward a few years later and they’ve dropped to 3A numbers. Meanwhile Bardstown is firmly in 3A (the split of Nelson County has largely impacted their growth). I

Solid information Duck good job.

[Fly Like a Duck]

Solid information Duck good job.

......not exactly a spring chicken on this site young grass hopper. But, thank you. Lol

[TheHotSnakes]

......not exactly a spring chicken on this site young grass hopper. But, thank you. Lol

Hah, you're old.



But, seriously, I really don't understand how this whole Nelson County and Thomas Nelson thing is going to play out.

Is there actually a legitimate chance that a school that has been open for less than a decade will close? That's insane to me. And seems like a massive waste of money, for what might become just a 9th grade center.

[Fly Like a Duck]

Hah, you're old.



But, seriously, I really don't understand how this whole Nelson County and Thomas Nelson thing is going to play out.

Is there actually a legitimate chance that a school that has been open for less than a decade will close? That's insane to me. And seems like a massive waste of money, for what might become just a 9th grade center.

Or 9/10 or Bethlehem buys it up. Two of the options.

Yes a real possibility. Will fall heavy on new super influence.

[TheHotSnakes]

Or 9/10 or Bethlehem buys it up. Two of the options.

Yes a real possibility. Will fall heavy on new super influence.

I remember when Thomas Nelson opened, and I was a little confused because it felt that there really wasn't a need for a new school. For me, when a school splits, it's because the other school has gotten too big. Nelson County never felt too big, to me. It definitely wasn't small, but it didn't strike me as needing to split.

[Fly Like a Duck]

I remember when Thomas Nelson opened, and I was a little confused because it felt that there really wasn't a need for a new school. For me, when a school splits, it's because the other school has gotten too big. Nelson County never felt too big, to me. It definitely wasn't small, but it didn't strike me as needing to split.

Right on all.

[Fly Like a Duck]

I remember when Thomas Nelson opened, and I was a little confused because it felt that there really wasn't a need for a new school. For me, when a school splits, it's because the other school has gotten too big. Nelson County never felt too big, to me. It definitely wasn't small, but it didn't strike me as needing to split.

They built it thinking that the population growth on the northern end of the county out Shepherdsville Road (same road Jim Beam is on; that connects Bardstown to I-65) was going to blow up in growth (in large part to the rumor going around that nearby Fort Knox was going to be getting a massive influx of soldiers).

Flashforward 6-7 years later and there is no growth (Nelson County HS has actually declined in enrollment). Academically? I don't know. The same as they were when they were one.

Athletically? Other than girls basketball at Nelson County and girls soccer at Thomas Nelson; their athletic programs across the board at both schools are about as bad as it gets. Meanwhile; Bardstown just keeps smiling.

[Fly Like a Duck]

The crazy part about Thomas Nelson being built is where they built it; which was for that end of the county of expected growth. However, the southern/western end of the county with communities like Howardstown, Culvertown, Boston, New Haven? All of those kids feed into Thomas Nelson which is FURTHER (all be it not much) than it is to Nelson County HS where they were all previously going.