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Post by skinny51 on Jan 20, 2016 8:08:59 GMT -6
I'm hearing the historical power job in TPS is going to be open. Anyone else hear this? Have heard that as well. Been hearing that one for some time now. Are you guys speaking of Will Rogers or Hale?
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Post by Hands11 on Jan 20, 2016 8:12:17 GMT -6
HAHAHHAHAHA!!!!
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Post by jmstreeter on Jan 20, 2016 9:27:43 GMT -6
Have heard that as well. Been hearing that one for some time now. Agreed. Sounds like he's headed for Louisiana. I have heard the same thing....spoke with someone close to the situation and they said this particular person has been down there past couple of days with family and is considering moving back down there. Also this person has drawn interest from a couple of other schools in the state and he is considering those as well.
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Post by kennywayne9 on Jan 20, 2016 9:45:49 GMT -6
Agreed. Sounds like he's headed for Louisiana. I have heard the same thing....spoke with someone close to the situation and they said this particular person has been down there past couple of days with family and is considering moving back down there. Also this person has drawn interest from a couple of other schools in the state and he is considering those as well. Budget crunch is going to hit TPS particularly hard. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
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Post by Hands11 on Jan 20, 2016 10:12:07 GMT -6
Hopefully kids will up and leave and head our way!! LOL!! Only the good ones though!
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Post by xdipster on Jan 20, 2016 11:10:23 GMT -6
Its gonna hit the whole state like a ton of bricks. If you have sports that don't have many participating, might have a chance of getting cut. Our Cross Country guru is worried. Our gold guy? Not so much. Only has 4 kids total, but one is a school board members kid.
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Post by Hands11 on Jan 20, 2016 11:15:57 GMT -6
Its gonna hit the whole state like a ton of bricks. If you have sports that don't have many participating, might have a chance of getting cut. Our Cross Country guru is worried. Our gold guy? Not so much. Only has 4 kids total, but one is a school board members kid. Consolidation has been a long time coming!
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Post by kennywayne9 on Jan 20, 2016 11:19:03 GMT -6
Its gonna hit the whole state like a ton of bricks. If you have sports that don't have many participating, might have a chance of getting cut. Our Cross Country guru is worried. Our gold guy? Not so much. Only has 4 kids total, but one is a school board members kid. Consolidation has been a long time coming! Consolidation will not save much money. It will save some, but it is NOT the answer to our budget woes.
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Post by xdipster on Jan 20, 2016 11:21:11 GMT -6
They have been trying to bleed it dry till more consolidated. Small towns out here will not if they can help it. Have a school that had one graduate and he was the only in his class. Bus broke down and they pass the hat. They look at towns that have lost their schools, and those places aren't really towns anymore. They are struggling to stay relevant, and only forestalling the inevitable. The bad thing is it has hurt us all. The powers that be, if they want consolidation, should stand up and be the leaders they want to be, and order what schools should consolidate, or back the heck off. To busy CYAing to stay in power.
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Post by fbs on Jan 20, 2016 11:22:10 GMT -6
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Post by kennywayne9 on Jan 20, 2016 11:24:49 GMT -6
They have been trying to bleed it dry till more consolidated. Small towns out here will not if they can help it. Have a school that had one graduate and he was the only in his class. Bus broke down and they pass the hat. They look at towns that have lost their schools, and those places aren't really towns anymore. They are struggling to stay relevant, and only forestalling the inevitable. The bad thing is it has hurt us all. The powers that be, if they want consolidation, should stand up and be the leaders they want to be, and order what schools should consolidate, or back the heck off. To busy CYAing to stay in power. I'm sure it's different out west. My kids go to a K-8 school in Rogers county. Forcing them to consolidate with ,say , Claremore would make no sense. It would save very little, if any, money. Claremore has no room for those kids. It would just become a new campus in Claremore schools.
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Post by xdipster on Jan 20, 2016 11:24:53 GMT -6
Our budget woes come from the fact that we have the lowest tax burden of any state in our region, but still felt the need to cut taxes because: #1. Oil and gas companies wouldn't come for our oil and gas till we let them come for almost nothing. #2. To bribe other industries here, because we won't invest in infrastructure or education, so they wont come here without incentives. #3. We are stuck like chuck on rainy day revenue increases, because it takes a super majority to raise taxes here.
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Post by xdipster on Jan 20, 2016 11:27:38 GMT -6
They have been trying to bleed it dry till more consolidated. Small towns out here will not if they can help it. Have a school that had one graduate and he was the only in his class. Bus broke down and they pass the hat. They look at towns that have lost their schools, and those places aren't really towns anymore. They are struggling to stay relevant, and only forestalling the inevitable. The bad thing is it has hurt us all. The powers that be, if they want consolidation, should stand up and be the leaders they want to be, and order what schools should consolidate, or back the heck off. To busy CYAing to stay in power. I'm sure it's different out west. My kids go to a K-8 school in Rogers county. Forcing them to consolidate with ,say , Claremore would make no sense. It would save very little, if any, money. Claremore has no room for those kids. It would just become a new campus in Claremore schools. Same story, different problems out here. The transportation costs to get them to other schools would soak up any savings they think they are going to have. The county supe model that some talk about would work out here better. Again, which supe keeps their job to make savings a reality? Who makes that decision?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2016 11:37:07 GMT -6
Is Mannford looking from with - in or outside?
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Post by tonymontana on Jan 20, 2016 11:47:30 GMT -6
I'm sure it's different out west. My kids go to a K-8 school in Rogers county. Forcing them to consolidate with ,say , Claremore would make no sense. It would save very little, if any, money. Claremore has no room for those kids. It would just become a new campus in Claremore schools. Same story, different problems out here. The transportation costs to get them to other schools would soak up any savings they think they are going to have. The county supe model that some talk about would work out here better. Again, which supe keeps their job to make savings a reality? Who makes that decision? People who talk about this don't know what a Sup. does!!! This a bad idea IMO.
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Post by HAZAA on Jan 20, 2016 12:23:10 GMT -6
The schools with less than 250 enrolled need to be consolidated around here. We have one 5 miles from where we are that graduates 4-5 each year from 8th grade. A very shady place too. Would love to see it consolidated.
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Post by xdipster on Jan 20, 2016 12:33:14 GMT -6
We have 3 schools in our county. Ours is 2A, a 1A in Snyder, and Mt. View-Gotebo has already consolidated. So spread out none of it would work. Roosevelt has already closed. Mountain Park consolidated with Snyder. Some places in Western Kansas have county schools. Kids are on the bus before six and get home between 5 and 6. Just think how a school like that would affect extra curriculars.
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Post by email on Jan 20, 2016 12:36:59 GMT -6
I think county supes is how it was until the 60s wasn't it?
Out west it would work, east not so much so And they need to leave most of the k-8 and k-6 schools alone.
Here in our county you could easily get rid of two k-8 and another could become our second elementary here.
We also could get rid of at least 2 high schools as well.
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Post by TOBC on Jan 20, 2016 12:39:46 GMT -6
here where i'm at...........there are 5 schools within 15 square miles of us that have less than 250 kids each. 2 of them have over 200, the other 3 are in the 160s. there used to be a 6th one, but it got shut down when the town died. the nearest one to us is 2 miles away. it has 220 kids in the HS according to last ADM numbers. to me, that's consolidation material right there.
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Post by Lebowski on Jan 20, 2016 12:42:08 GMT -6
Heres a thought! Close all the non football schools.
Problem solved
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