Sb meeting tonight

**Ironlung** · September 29th, 2010, 09:05 PM

Take your low guess for the first year and you'd be more close to right. Then reduce them even more the second year. Nowhere near 30-40% of the Appy kids are going to drive 20+ miles and pay out of county tuition to go to Lee Co. There'll be very few of the imbeciles to do any of this.

**centennialdawg** · September 29th, 2010, 09:38 PM

Yeah, they will, they will at least try it anyway.

**Ironlung** · September 29th, 2010, 09:53 PM

Nope. Gas being $2.50 a gallon, few of them being able to drive, having to have mom or dad drive them 40+ (round trip) miles 5 days a week, come pick them up on a 40+ mile drive every evening. That's 80 (at the shortest) miles a day driving to and from school. Even if they're just driving them the 15-30 miles to the county line and picking them up every evening, it aint happening. With an enrollment of 218 (quickly Googled maybe not right but should be close), you're saying that almost 50 some kids are going to be able to talk their parents into that whole fiasco when they could instead ride the bus 5 miles for free to a high school down the road that they could attend free and that their parents are paying taxes to have in operation? If you'd said JIB, I wouldn't argue as much (even though it wont be that high), but they're not doing this whole Lee High thing. A handful of kids over 16 who could drive might try it, but it'd be very few.

**Rocky** · September 30th, 2010, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by Ironlung

Nope. Gas being $2.50 a gallon, few of them being able to drive, having to have mom or dad drive them 40+ (round trip) miles 5 days a week, come pick them up on a 40+ mile drive every evening. That's 80 (at the shortest) miles a day driving to and from school. Even if they're just driving them the 15-30 miles to the county line and picking them up every evening, it aint happening. With an enrollment of 218 (quickly Googled maybe not right but should be close), you're saying that almost 50 some kids are going to be able to talk their parents into that whole fiasco when they could instead ride the bus 5 miles for free to a high school down the road that they could attend free and that their parents are paying taxes to have in operation? If you'd said JIB, I wouldn't argue as much (even though it wont be that high), but they're not doing this whole Lee High thing. A handful of kids over 16 who could drive might try it, but it'd be very few.

id say most of them from keokee and exeter would do it/try it. it wont last, but people will try. Hell id just go to PV if it was me. about 40% of my good friends were from there anyway, i dont see what the big deal is.

**centennialdawg** · September 30th, 2010, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Ironlung

Nope. Gas being $2.50 a gallon, few of them being able to drive, having to have mom or dad drive them 40+ (round trip) miles 5 days a week, come pick them up on a 40+ mile drive every evening. That's 80 (at the shortest) miles a day driving to and from school. Even if they're just driving them the 15-30 miles to the county line and picking them up every evening, it aint happening. With an enrollment of 218 (quickly Googled maybe not right but should be close), you're saying that almost 50 some kids are going to be able to talk their parents into that whole fiasco when they could instead ride the bus 5 miles for free to a high school down the road that they could attend free and that their parents are paying taxes to have in operation? If you'd said JIB, I wouldn't argue as much (even though it wont be that high), but they're not doing this whole Lee High thing. A handful of kids over 16 who could drive might try it, but it'd be very few.

You are not understanding the "beast" attitude from people in Appy. All they have to do is just drive 7 miles one way to the lee county line and then catch the bus from there. Either way, from Keokee, or down in the seminary. It will happen to quite a few more than most people think.

Don't get me wrong, I think it is stupid as hell to do and I am all for consolidation. Hell I have said that from the start. I think they just need to realize that they are fighting a losing battle. And Lee does not charge a tuition fee for out of county students. However, they might just start doing that if this happens. Like I said, people in Appy are funny creatures sometimes.

**TheBeast** · September 30th, 2010, 09:24 AM

You are not understanding the "beast" attitude from people in Appy.

How I get drug into this?

**centennialdawg** · September 30th, 2010, 09:50 AM

Man, I really hate the fact that some people in Wise county are always thinking that there is a conspiracy going on with this consolidation thing. On another forum I post on sometimes, one poster is saying that the only reason St. Paul was left alone on this latest version of consolidation is because they(St. Paul) threatened to leave the county and take the power plant with them if their school was closed down. Do they not realize what would have to happen for this to take place? They also failed to mention that St. Paul will only be offering a "core" curriculum and no extras. If the students at St. Paul want more then they have to go to Coeburn, in which a bus is going to be provided. Don't they realize that this is going to eventually lead to consolidation at St. Paul, too? I mean, "****"!!

**Counts** · September 30th, 2010, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by centennialdawg

Man, I really hate the fact that some people in Wise county are always thinking that there is a conspiracy going on with this consolidation thing. On another forum I post on sometimes, one poster is saying that the only reason St. Paul was left alone on this latest version of consolidation is because they(St. Paul) threatened to leave the county and take the power plant with them if their school was closed down. Do they not realize what would have to happen for this to take place? They also failed to mention that St. Paul will only be offering a "core" curriculum and no extras. If the students at St. Paul want more then they have to go to Coeburn, in which a bus is going to be provided. Don't they realize that this is going to eventually lead to consolidation at St. Paul, too? I mean, "****"!!

People belive what they want to belive 9 times out of 10 wheather it is crazy or not LOL

**simple man** · September 30th, 2010, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by Sportsman*

Kelly once housed almost 900 students, grades 8-12, back in the early 80's I believe.

In the early 80s we still had cutoff numbers in the classes (A,AA,AAA) didn't we? So I kinda wonder how JJK stayed single A? I don't know who mentioned Seminary, but why would those kids not be in PV already. I'd guess most folks from the Lee line in Exeter would probably go to Lee Co schools.