Unhappy South Dakota parents take coach to court

[Old School]

This is not a sad commentary. You are sad having such a narrow minded view of the world and reality. Here's the deal for you that are still living out of the past. When you live in a school system and you pay taxes in that school system. You pay taxes for an athletic program which must represent the people that live in that area. However, some schools particularly in the metropolitan areas have circumvented the process and come up with this new term called the open enrollment process where any student from any local district can go to any high school they choice. This has created 2 problems. #1.)Increase the need for schools to win. #2.) Students from out of the district can transfer in and dominate playing time. That is play in districts where the tax dollars can come from a completely different group of people that pay the taxes for that area. Hence, the lawsuit. I think we should pay very close attention to this lawsuit. I think it is a legitimate lawsuit. However, some of these high schools have ties to DI colleges which makes this an even bigger deal.

[TimTaylor]

Originally Posted by Old School

This is not a sad commentary. You are sad having such a narrow minded view of the world and reality. Here's the deal for you that are still living out of the past. When you live in a school system and you pay taxes in that school system. You pay taxes for an athletic program which must represent the people that live in that area. However, some schools particularly in the metropolitan areas have circumvented the process and come up with this new term called the open enrollment process where any student from any local district can go to any high school they choice. This has created 2 problems. #1.)Increase the need for schools to win. #2.) Students from out of the district can transfer in and dominate playing time. That is play in districts where the tax dollars can come from a completely different group of people that pay the taxes for that area. Hence, the lawsuit. I think we should pay very close attention to this lawsuit. I think it is a legitimate lawsuit. However, some of these high schools have ties to DI colleges which makes this an even bigger deal.

Bovine excrement!

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by TimTaylor

Bovine excrement!

Tim, you are always so timid! You really need to learn to be more expressive, tell us how you really feel...

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Old School

This is not a sad commentary. You are sad having such a narrow minded view of the world and reality. Here's the deal for you that are still living out of the past. When you live in a school system and you pay taxes in that school system. You pay taxes for an athletic program which must represent the people that live in that area. However, some schools particularly in the metropolitan areas have circumvented the process and come up with this new term called the open enrollment process where any student from any local district can go to any high school they choice. This has created 2 problems. #1.)Increase the need for schools to win. #2.) Students from out of the district can transfer in and dominate playing time. That is play in districts where the tax dollars can come from a completely different group of people that pay the taxes for that area. Hence, the lawsuit. I think we should pay very close attention to this lawsuit. I think it is a legitimate lawsuit. However, some of these high schools have ties to DI colleges which makes this an even bigger deal.

What orifice do you pull this stuff out of? Open enrollment isn't about sports, you moron. Sure, there are some side affects that involve sports, but I'm sure the idea competing academically hasn't occurred to you. Yes, it is a sad commentary that parents think their little Johnny deserves to play more. It can't be that Johnny didn't practice enough during the off season, it's got to be the coach's fault for not recognizing his enormous talent.

[Old School]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

What orifice do you pull this stuff out of? Open enrollment isn't about sports, you moron. Sure, there are some side affects that involve sports, but I'm sure the idea competing academically hasn't occurred to you. Yes, it is a sad commentary that parents think their little Johnny deserves to play more. It can't be that Johnny didn't practice enough during the off season, it's got to be the coach's fault for not recognizing his enormous talent.

I did not say I was against open enrollment. I am saying it is being abused in sports, specifically for sport reasons. When you live and pay taxes in a community, and you go to a community event such as basketball or football game, etc. Some parents may like to see students from that community playing in the game. When the team consists mostly of players from a different community, which also dominates playing time. Makes for a good argument to me. I don't have an interest either way but I am curious to see how it turns out. Who wins this case determines the direction the school system/sporting programs will go. Remember, this is not college where the school can offer scholarships or the student pays tuition to attend. This is high school where the dollars to pay the coaches salary, play for the gym to be built, comes mostly from the community.

[Ignats75]

In Ohio, out of district students attending under open enrollment, must pay tuition equal to the tax receipts per student. There have been allegations (never proven) that some schools arrange for these payments to be made for the student's families. (no names please)

Every year, there are news stories of parents from the inner city being prosecuted for sending their kids to other schools without paying this tuition.

[tomegun]

I think Old School should be given credit for continuing to post when most people know he is full of it. Of course I'm not going to give him that credit, but I'm just saying.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by tomegun

I think Old School should be given credit for continuing to post when most people know he is full of it. Of course I'm not going to give him that credit, but I'm just saying.

Perseverance in the pursuit of lunacy is no virtue.

[Ignats75]

And condemnation of such lunacy is no vice!!!

Apologies to Barry Goldwater.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Old School

Blah, blah,...When you live in a school system and you pay taxes in that school system. You pay taxes for an athletic program which must represent the people that live in that area. Blah, blah, blah...

Sorry, but you don't know squat about the law. The US Supreme Court has ruled that the contribution of any taxpayer to the government treasury is de minimus and does not grant standing to sue that body no matter how that money is spent.

[SMEngmann]

I don't know of any taxpayer that "pays for the right to have an athletic program represent them." That whole argument is absurd, like this lawsuit. Even if there are bigger issues at play, which I'm not admitting, they don't go to the heart of the lawsuit which is that unhappy parents have gone to court to try to get a coach fired over the way he coaches. That is the heart of the matter and it is unfortunately representative of our litigious, me-first society. These parents make me sick.

[BayStateRef]

The court jurisdiction is an administrative appeal brought by the parents of the school board's decision to re-hire the coach.

From the Associatied Press:

Burt Rogness, school board president, testified that he and the board initially followed the recommendation of the parents and administration to let Hofer's contract expire. But Hofer got a hearing with the board, when then reversed itself and decided to renew his contract.

Hofer is a tenured teacher, and his manner of coaching is not cause enough to revoke his contract, the board reasoned. There were no grounds to do so, Rogness said.

That prompted the administrative appeal by Trooien and the parents.

[mbyron]

That makes sense. Well, at some level.

Gotta love boards of ed.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Tim

Bovine excrement!

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

What orifice do you pull this stuff out of?

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Sorry, but you don't know squat about the law.

Originally Posted by SMEngamm

That whole argument is absurd

Two words, guys: Ignore. List.

[Ignats75]

He's :

• A Varsity Official
• A College Official
• A Professional Official
• A Supreme Court Judge

I wonder if he can forgive me my sins too.

I remember when my eldest daughter was playing basketball. As an officer of the Booster Club, I attended a seminar on High School Athletics. A State Supreme Court case (I forget which state) was cited that said (I paraphrase) membership in a high school athletic team is a privilege, not a right.

Who is the coach of this team, Norman Dale?