KINGSTON FOOTBALL MOVING TO 6A?

[Jacketsfan2001]

We'll the school board approved the new high school being built.all 5 Roane county high schools will be put together. Grades 9-12.enrollment will be around 2,000 kids.I'm not a fan of this.it kills the county rivarlies.and I'm not sure how this will work in sports. Especially football .who would be the coach? I assume there would be try outs because of not there would be around 200 kids playing football..overall not a fan of this.

[DyronNix]

Depending on location that will be a lot of travel to and from school for some of those kids. How far is it from end of OS zone to end of Rockwood Zone or Midway to OS? I wouldn't want to pay the gas bill for those buses.

[Indian]

Wouldn't be too bad if in the center? And maybe will have more than enough for JV and freshmen teams, with the majority of varsity time going to juniors and seniors.

[CoachingFromTheStands]

It would still be a long bus ride. Using Google maps, it can take between 25-30 minutes from Oliver Springs to Kingston, which is near the center. That doesn't include all the bus stops. Add those in, and kids would be on a bus for an hr or more. Then for Oliver Springs, you have Oak Ridge 10-15 minutes down the road and for Midway about 8-10 minutes further to Loudon than Kingston High School, but depending where the new school is located it could be more even. Than parents would start debating on which school is better for their kids. Oak Ridge would have less students than the new school.

[Indian]

Any projected opening date? Losing 4 schools could have a bit of a domino effect on classes and regions.

[Jet Pride]

Don't count on this one school happening.

[UpperCumberlandMan]

Is this plan set in stone? I would think they could build 2 schools with roughly 1000-1200 in each school with say 1500 capacity. South of I40 school be Midway, Rockwood, and some of South Kingston zone. North of I40 be north Kingston zone, Harriman, and Oliver Springs. Have capacity of 3k with roughly 2k enrolled. This plan could provide for future growth as well as cut down on a one school travel nightmare.

Edited March 10, 2017 by UpperCumberlandMan

[Jet Pride]

There drawing up plans for the one school now. But I've talked to most county commissioners and there not going vote for it. Transportation and size of the school is the main factors

[BarneySox2007]

Putting all those schools together would be a mistake of a lifetime for Roan County. Ask anyone from Blount County how they like Heritage and William Blount situation and thee two schools have now operated for 40 and 38 years. They both have many problems and the football programs for both schools has averaged about 30% winning percentage each since conception. To far to drive for most kids so they don't go out for sports because of it. 

[CoachingFromTheStands]

Has there been anymore talk or voting going on to support the merge or has it been rejected yet?

[Jet Pride]

School board voted down the 1 school down tonight. I expect the school board to move forward with the 2 new schools in the coming month's

[CoachingFromTheStands]

I thought thw school board voted yes? Either way, I found this link and it has 5 different scenarios for combining schools and how much they believe would be saved yearly.I could see them combining to create a 2 or 3 school system.

http://www.roanecounty.com/content/pitch-would-combine-high-schools