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[i]Another factor is teacher participation. NHS teachers, for one reason or another, do not seem to sponsor as much outside of the classroom as they could. I remember a conversation with a now retired PN-G teacher in which I asked why Nederland didn't bring as many students to academic competitions as other local schools and his reply was that there just weren't enough Nederland teachers willing to sponsor the different academic events. That shocked me. I was amazed at the fact that Nederland couldn't get enough teachers to volunteer as most of the other schools in our district. I mean no offense to any Nederland faculty members because there are several good, dedicated teachers in NISD, but that, in my opinion, is deplorable. When the teachers won't participate, the problem isn't funding. A simple modification to the teacher contracts could fix that.[/i] That one sort of shocks me. Maybe it is because I was at a small school, but I and most other teachers were involved in extracurricular activities.  I know this year, knowing I was retiring, I gave up somethings, but I was still a senior sponsor, helped organize graduation,  helped and planned with the homecoming parade, helped, planned the Christmas Formal, and then coached 3 UIL academic teams. One of the things I will miss about teaching will be the kids outside of class. Those in UIL Academics, those kids who worked to help set up dances and parades, and those are not just the "nerds." Maybe it is a small school, but we had athletes, band kids, those in FFA all work because they wanted a good dance or parade. The modification of the contract might be difficult. If these events are held on weekends, it is sort of hard to force them to do so. Teachers are only paid for 187 days. Part of your problem might be you are not hiring the right people? I know some of the younger people that my former district has hired are reluctant to do anything extra. Part of concern about retiring was " who is going to pick up some of the extra jobs I did for the district?"

[quote name="dawgnut" post="1016407" timestamp="1307220004"] [quote author=PN-G bandkid link=topic=84302.msg1016336#msg1016336 date=1307205173] [quote author=KDOSullivan link=topic=84302.msg1016315#msg1016315 date=1307194088] [quote author=James Mosley link=topic=84302.msg1016084#msg1016084 date=1307094689] Penny is dead on right with everything. Sad to say but I tell young men we hire who are moving into our area with family to raise their kids somewhere besides Nederland. Currently Nederland does not understand how to prepare for the future. Very sad. [/quote] This is just from the few kids we see transfer to my "former" rural district. About 5 years ago now, we had a small influx of kids transfer from Nederland to the district. The district I was in was 2A, in a rural setting. It has an "open" enrollment, and there is no out of district tuition charged. The kids generally lived with a relative or even drove to the school. Most would say " We had to get out of there." I was surprised at how far behind the kids were academically. I don't know what is going on there, but a kid who transferred from Nederland with A's and B's, would make B's and C's in our district. The kids would even make comments at how "hard" we were. I don't know what is going on there, I had always thought of Nederland ISD as good district, but in the last 5 years, I have changed my mind. It makes me wonder????? [/quote] Ditto. A student transferred from Nederland to PN-G this year. Within three weeks, he dropped his two AP classes and he was gone a month later. The whole time, he talked about how much harder it was here and he always needed help to understand the work, even on the reviews. The sad part is that he's not the only student to come to PN-G and end up in that situation, and they're not just from Nederland. [/quote] That's why on awards night for seniors every year we have so many major university's giving out 4 year rides, I'm sure it's because they want to dumb down their enrollment ;D    [/quote] There is something wrong with Nederland, there really is. When our son was born years ago and we moved back to this area, our top choice school districts were PNG, Orangefield, LC-M, and Nederland. We wound up in LCM basically because we got more property than living in Mid-County. I'm sorry, but after I have taught a number of kids who came from Nederland and they enrolled in my AP classes and couldn't hang, well, there is something wrong. dawgnut, percentage wise, all schools wind up with about the same number of full scholarship kids. I wonder from time to time how much politics is involved in these scholarships? Look, our top 15 kids got a ride to a 4 year school, and we only walked in the low 80s. ( And many of the others got some form of scholarship.)

[quote name="James Mosley" post="1016084" timestamp="1307094689"] Penny is dead on right with everything. Sad to say but I tell young men we hire who are moving into our area with family to raise their kids somewhere besides Nederland. Currently Nederland does not understand how to prepare for the future. Very sad. [/quote] This is just from the few kids we see transfer to my "former" rural district. About 5 years ago now, we had a small influx of kids transfer from Nederland to the district. The district I was in was 2A, in a rural setting. It has an "open" enrollment, and there is no out of district tuition charged. The kids generally lived with a relative or even drove to the school. Most would say " We had to get out of there." I was surprised at how far behind the kids were academically. I don't know what is going on there, but a kid who transferred from Nederland with A's and B's, would make B's and C's in our district. The kids would even make comments at how "hard" we were. I don't know what is going on there, I had always thought of Nederland ISD as good district, but in the last 5 years, I have changed my mind. It makes me wonder?????

[quote name="ForeverADog" post="1015735" timestamp="1306952207"] About even. Rangers have more right now because of all the bandwagoners. [/quote] +1

Gotta ask....are your uniforms predominately yellow?  ::)

[quote name="Critter" post="997198" timestamp="1302784855"] Billy Bryant? [/quote] Sorry,dropped a t.

I may have missed something, but where is Billy Bryan now? Is he out of the baseball coaching business?

Interesting Article. [Hidden Content]

[quote name="samsung" post="985417" timestamp="1300501741"] [quote author=KDOSullivan link=topic=81893.msg985209#msg985209 date=1300492072] [quote author=swampdude link=topic=81893.msg985205#msg985205 date=1300491464] [quote author=KDOSullivan link=topic=81893.msg985200#msg985200 date=1300491070] How much was WO-S offering their teachers to announce their retirement? [/quote]10% of their annual salary. PLUS..... The real kicker is they were offering $100 a day for sick-days not used.  Coach Hooks probably has 200-300 of those lying around!   That offer expired today. [/quote] HOLY COW!!!! I wish my district would come close to offering ANY of that for me to leave....( We are being offered nothing and get nothing for our sick days....[b]At this point I have no incentive not to miss the majority of the remaining school days.)[/b] [/quote] How about this for incentive - if you're not sick, the right thing to do is report to work. [/quote] Why? They are technically part of my pay. You going to give benefits back to your employer? According to the state, they are personal days.

[quote name="swampdude" post="985205" timestamp="1300491464"] [quote author=KDOSullivan link=topic=81893.msg985200#msg985200 date=1300491070] How much was WO-S offering their teachers to announce their retirement? [/quote]10% of their annual salary. PLUS..... The real kicker is they were offering $100 a day for sick-days not used.  Coach Hooks probably has 200-300 of those lying around!   That offer expired today. [/quote] HOLY COW!!!! I wish my district would come close to offering ANY of that for me to leave....( We are being offered nothing and get nothing for our sick days....At this point I have no incentive not to miss the majority of the remaining school days.)

How much was WO-S offering their teachers to announce their retirement?

Retired. [Hidden Content]

[quote name="ECBucFan" post="982676" timestamp="1300146021"] Lets all wish Roc the best. Driving home today, I caught Gresham on KLVI, and he mentioned 12 of 13 of Rocs recruits all graduated. Blame Roc for not enough W's if you want to, but thats one stat thats real impressive. Good job, Roc!  :)     [/quote] I have to agree with you EC. He graduated his kids from college. That is a big plus in my book.....I hope and pray Coach Roc lands on his feet. It was just time to "move on" from this position.

[quote name="bigred360" post="982674" timestamp="1300145905"] Dude you are a sports anchor at a local TV station and you come on a sports message board calling people idiots? That isn't real smart and everyone knows you and Roc are tight but I didn't jump off the Roc bandwagon until after about the 12th game this season. I trust Coach Tidwell to make the best decisions on hiring and firing coaches. Hopefully, he will get it right on this next one Best of luck to Steve Roccaforte and his family. He is too good a recruiter and coach to be out of a job long. [/quote] No kidding man, if I was a sports anchor, I sure as heck wouldn't be on a board calling people idiots...

[quote name="bigreb" post="982350" timestamp="1300065232"] [quote author=KDOSullivan link=topic=81147.msg982053#msg982053 date=1299974906] You have to be so careful when you teach school.  In another note, I hear that Burkeville is dropping their Vocational Ag/FFA program. Just not cost effective. I can see the day when Burkeville is united with Newton, West Hardin with Kountze, Evadale with Buna, Sabine Pass with Pt Arthur....In the case of the last one, I could see a church or private school opportunity in SP. [/quote] But not all of these schools are hurting badly.  Nothing wrong with small schools.  Bigger is not always better. [/quote] They will be in the next 2 years....The state money is going to hurt these schools badly.....West Hardin, Evadale, Burkeville are really going to have troubles. I don't know how SP, but the state is going to see all the administration as a waste.

Those of us in education see the cuts the state is making....I am guessing he stays....Can't afford the money to pay him off....

You have to be so careful when you teach school.  In another note, I hear that Burkeville is dropping their Vocational Ag/FFA program. Just not cost effective. I can see the day when Burkeville is united with Newton, West Hardin with Kountze, Evadale with Buna, Sabine Pass with Pt Arthur....In the case of the last one, I could see a church or private school opportunity in SP.

We first have to get rid of Coach Roc.....Lamar is going no place with him. Lamar has to make a call this next week. The sooner the better. They don't need to leave the fans, the alumni, in limbo.....

While Coach Roc needs to go, I would not be shocked if he stays one more year, unless someone ( individual) steps up and buys out the contract. The Texas economy is going to be a huge factor in the next few years and $125,000 to "get-rid" of a coach is not going to be looked at in a favorable light right now. And I could be totally wrong.....and I hope that I am..... :-\

[quote name="bullets13" post="975541" timestamp="1299114631"] [quote author=Scooter! link=topic=80957.msg975536#msg975536 date=1299114533] [quote author=bullets13 link=topic=80957.msg975531#msg975531 date=1299114248] [quote author=Scooter! link=topic=80957.msg975524#msg975524 date=1299113895] [quote author=PhatMack19 link=topic=80957.msg975519#msg975519 date=1299113538] [quote author=Scooter! link=topic=80957.msg975017#msg975017 date=1299035123] Davies is GONE! [/quote] [Hidden Content] Big loss for BYU.  Rumor is that he got his GF pregnant and that violated the honor code.  If every school had a code like that, we wouldn't have very many good college athletes.  ;) [/quote]total BS. I have no respect for BYU now  >:( [/quote] it's a mormon college, scooter.  you go to their college, you play by their rules.  i played soccer at a baptist university.  i hated the school's rules, but i abided by them because i wanted to play collegiate soccer. [/quote]i'd have to transfer  :D [/quote] no argument with that... just saying that you can't pick a religious university and then be upset when they enforce their rules on you. [/quote] Listened to a podcast by students at BYU. It was not they had trouble with the honor code, it is the school's enforcement. It seems there is selective enforcement of the code. Some kids get a wink and " don't do it again" and others get hammered, for the same offense.

[quote name="badndn" post="975378" timestamp="1299094734"] [quote author=LAZEEK link=topic=81047.msg975037#msg975037 date=1299036248] [quote author=KDOSullivan link=topic=81047.msg974979#msg974979 date=1299033210] [quote author=UNLV link=topic=81047.msg974826#msg974826 date=1299024470] Roc has the most talented team in the SLC, super recruiter. He just don't have the X and O skills. However what if ROC win out, then win the SLC tourney, then win a game in the NCAA. [/quote] They would let him keep his job for another year.....BUT, we would be a 16 seed and get someone like Duke, or Ohio State....BYU or Kansas...Do you really think we can't beat one of them? [/quote] HEck yes we can [b]beat[/b] them................ ::) ::) ::) :D :D :D [/quote] That would be the only way LU could win over any of them...BEAT Them with something!!! ;D [/quote] :D

[quote name="UNLV" post="974826" timestamp="1299024470"] Roc has the most talented team in the SLC, super recruiter. He just don't have the X and O skills. However what if ROC win out, then win the SLC tourney, then win a game in the NCAA. [/quote] They would let him keep his job for another year.....BUT, we would be a 16 seed and get someone like Duke, or Ohio State....BYU or Kansas...Do you really think we can't beat one of them?

Pitiful, just pitiful. Coach Roc needs to do the honorable thing and resign.  :( I got so mad, I almost threw my radio across the room.

[quote name="LAZEEK" post="972055" timestamp="1298642344"] [quote author=UNLV link=topic=80846.msg971544#msg971544 date=1298568677] Must win...End of story. [/quote] Depends on how you look at it!!!! ;D ;D ;) ;) [/quote] Now that I have started listening again on KLVI, Lamar has to win, I am guessing 68-65 LU.

[quote name="KFDM KERRY COOPER" post="968900" timestamp="1298145554"] WOO WOO [/quote] BOO!!!! :D