Will please stay in your own topic. I am sorry no one is allowed to debate you when you have an idea. I do not totally agree with you on the topic of one or two public schools for all of Western Kansas either. You want kids to car pool or bus from 3 hours one way because "numbers or low enrollemnt" in agricultural regions of Kansas - don't those kids deserve an equal opportunity for education also. Kids 5 & 6 years old have to take music first before they can be in the band. So it is all about numbers and dollars and not the development (physically, emotionally, technically, etc) of the entire age group. I believe about 20-25% (maximum - 500 kids and their parents) of that age group have participated in late season tournaments. I would have to get historic numbers - maybe you can provide that in your presentation this weekend. It is not a dead topic - it is a proposal that is going to be voted on by clubs at the state body meeting October 31, 2010 in Salina.
Sean McCarthy
I openly welcome debate that is "ON TOPIC". Please debate why you should vote no to the new proposal. Why is it NOT an improvement to the situation we have today? Voting NO to this proposal is NOT going to stop 6U kids from wrestling and putting themselves into "pressure" situations. Your debate is off target.
By the way, I never said I wanted kids to bus or car pool three hours one way. I said there are prime opportunities for school consolidations that should be explored because it simply does NOT make sense to have 228 school systems educating the same number of children that 17 school systems educate. Talk about twisting my words. Are you a democrat? I hope you are not related to Bill Maher?
