What schools benefit from open enrollment and does it leave room for cheating?

[tradertwo]

7 hours ago, Richmond30 said:

Not sure what you mean by school board policy. The problem is that TSSAA defines territory as the area identified by the school board AND where the buses run. If there are no buses running in front of your house, even if it is in the are defined by the school board... heck, even if you can see the school from your house, you aren’t in the new school’s territory and aren’t eligible. 

And who is responsible for bus routes?

[BIGPURPLEMACHINE]

3 minutes ago, tradertwo said:

And who is responsible for bus routes?

Touché 

[RZ99]

3 minutes ago, tradertwo said:

And who is responsible for bus routes?

The school...but they don’t drive buses down roads that don’t have kids needing a ride. In the Fayetteville situation, the kid in question was the only student on that road (inside the school board defined zone) and he was 17. He had his own car and drove himself to school so there was no need to run a bus down that road for nothing. Fayetteville said if he needed to ride the bus, they would have picked him up. Does your school system drive all of their buses down every single road in your school zone whether there are kids to pick up or not?

[tradertwo]

Just now, Richmond30 said:

The school...but they don’t drive buses down roads that don’t have kids needing a ride. In the Fayetteville situation, the kid in question was the only student on that road (inside the school board defined zone) and he was 17. He had his own car and drove himself to school so there was no need to run a bus down that road for nothing. Fayetteville said if he needed to ride the bus, they would have picked him up. Does your school system drive all of their buses down every single road in your school zone whether there are kids to pick up or not?

Our school policy has no language on the territory (TSSAA's word for zone) that includes bus routes. Your BOE set the policy that TSSAA used to decide that the kid was not eligible to play.

[RZ99]

1 minute ago, tradertwo said:

Our school policy has no language on the territory (TSSAA's word for zone) that includes bus routes. Your BOE set the policy that TSSAA used to decide that the kid was not eligible to play.

False. The kids address was in the territory the school board set years ago. The issue was that a bus didn’t run by his house. 

[tradertwo]

Just now, Richmond30 said:

False. The kids address was in the territory the school board set years ago. The issue was that a bus didn’t run by his house. 

The issue is that board policy includes the bus clause to begin with.

[RZ99]

2 minutes ago, tradertwo said:

The issue is that board policy includes the bus clause to begin with.

False again if you are talking about our policy. It gives the area we serve. The bus route issue is solely from the TSSAA. 

[tradertwo]

Just now, Richmond30 said:

False again if you are talking about our policy. It gives the area we serve. The bus route issue is solely from the TSSAA. 

You already stated that FC would alter the route if a ride was needed... why not run the bus by the address if it was in the territory? We have athletes from four counties driving to school here and a bus route has never come into question. We even had an athlete sit for a year after change of address because our own county AD didn't approve the transfer... the kicker is that the same TSSAA official that ruled against FC had approved the transfer to play.

[RZ99]

1 hour ago, tradertwo said:

You already stated that FC would alter the route if a ride was needed... why not run the bus by the address if it was in the territory? We have athletes from four counties driving to school here and a bus route has never come into question. We even had an athlete sit for a year after change of address because our own county AD didn't approve the transfer... the kicker is that the same TSSAA official that ruled against FC had approved the transfer to play.

Correct...the kid moved into the area we serviced so we would have picked him up if he needed a ride. He didn’t so we didn’t go to his house. We don’t make it a practice to drive by every single house in the area we serve if there is not someone who needs a ride.

This is a serious question...if y’all have 25 streets that fall inside of your territory but there are no students that need a ride on those streets, do you tell your bus drivers to just go ride up and down them so you can say there is a bus route there? I don’t know any school system that does that. 

[RocketHouse]

This was an asinine, dubious  decision by TSSAA last year. We covered it thoroughly in its own large thread. People not around here have no idea the one sided bad blood between Lincoln County and Fayetteville schools. That was an investigation in search of a crime (technicality). It's wonderful FC got the last laugh this year. 

[Igotthis]

On 12/14/2020 at 6:51 PM, PeabodyPride said:

Don't need to "know" the situation  ! When you get games stripped and not allowed in post season YOU DID WRONG ! Love you wanna bes that grow a pair overnight with a bit of success ! Welcome to relevance on That T !! 

My man Pride

[Igotthis]

On 12/14/2020 at 9:07 PM, Tide21 said:

The tssaa makes a judgement on information given. Proof was given that rules were broken. they investigated and indeed rules were broken end of story.  
 

I promise @Golddoctor wasn’t referring to you guys but if the shoe fits wear it 

You are right Pride , I think he was referring to Alcoa