Quote Originally Posted by dawgman View Post
Fred wanted all six High Schools left open and repaired but the school board had already said no to that many times. It's not fair for Appy and Pound to have their schools closed and all other towns to remain open. Closing you school dosen't feel to good right now does it? Now you know what we the people of Appy and Pound went through. J H Rivers done everything he could do to shut us down and keep PV open. Two weeks ago JH and Betty switched back to the other side to let Appy and Pound close as long as PV kept their school. I support Fred and Ronnie for what the done!!!!!
It's time for Appalachia and Pound to quit playing persecuted all the time. You guys wanted your school open for ATHLETIC traditions and many refuse to send their kids to school with PV because of an ATHLETIC rivalry. It's even more unfair for stubborn attitudes keeping their kids in a school that is falling apart as opposed to a newer, better building, and a school that could possibly have a wider ACADEMIC curriculum.

The county can't afford to keep 6 schools anymore. It's not about losing your school either. The 2 on 1 or 3 on 1 plans are absurd. WHy don't they go with the original plan? 3 schools on 3 sites. The reason many Appalachia folks oppose consolidation is because they are too hung up on that athletic tradition and they hate Powell Valley. The reason Pound doesn't want to consolidate is because they hate JJ Kelly. Those are very poor reasons to oppose it. Not one of those two reasons puts the students' education first. That's sad. If you want to think about athletics, then athletics at both Pound and Appalachia have been falling apart.

Let go of the ATHLETIC tradition and the ATHLETIC rivalry and think about the ACADEMIC benefits of this. If you can give me one academic reason as to why consolidation is bad then I can respect your position. If all you're going to do is play like Appalachia and Pound are always the victim or even mention athletics then I can't respect your position.