Kentucky
Why this Kentucky mom switched her kid to private school
FLORENCE, Ky. — A northern Kentucky mum or dad offered a special perspective on a latest examine exhibiting extra Kentucky households are turning to non public schooling for his or her children.
Whereas the writer of the examine says it’s seemingly the pandemic performed a big function on this rising pattern, Karen KC says her cause for transferring her little one to personal faculty has extra to do with what’s being taught in public colleges. KC, whose household lives in Florence, stated she suspects the identical cause is influencing many different households as effectively.
After two weddings, one in Kentucky, and one in her husband’s dwelling nation of Nepal, in 2015, KC went on to have two sons. Her four-year-old will not be prepared for college in any type but. Her six-year-old, nonetheless, attended a Boone County public faculty for kindergarten final faculty yr.
Karen KC and her husband have two sons, ages six and 4. (Spectrum Information 1/Sam Nef)
“After which we switched him to Catholic faculty this yr,” KC stated. “It simply feels proper to us.”
That was all the time the plan, KC stated. She attended three completely different Catholic colleges as a baby, and made the change herself in the wrong way to public faculty getting into the tenth grade. That was additionally in northern Kentucky, the place KC has lived since her household moved to the world in 1996.
“It was an excellent faculty. I realized lots. My lecturers had been superb. But it surely was form of missing that household really feel. And there have been matters that got here up that had been a little bit stunning for me,” KC stated. “We go to church usually, and it’s an enormous a part of our lives. To me, it was very engaging to have them in a college the place faith is a part of day-after-day. You’re simply immersed on this tradition.”
Her household is one among a rising variety of Kentucky households making the change. Western Kentucky College professor and EdChoice Kentucky board member Gary Houchens checked out enrollment traits within the state over a five-year interval utilizing knowledge from the Kentucky Division of Schooling.
“Private faculty participation in Kentucky has grown dramatically lately, notably over the past two years. In order that now, we now have nearly 100,000 college students taking part in both homeschooling or personal education throughout the state of Kentucky,” Houchens stated. He went on to say: “It’s cheap, primarily based on comparable enrollment traits throughout america, to imagine that plenty of this motion into private schooling was pushed by the pandemic. Dad and mom had been involved about faculty closures, or masks mandates, or the danger of vaccine mandates.”
Concern about curriculum is one other issue that might’ve guided households, Houchens stated.
KC stated it guided hers.
“Folks ask why we switched. There wasn’t something that occurred. It was a pleasant faculty. His trainer was very caring, and he realized lots. It’s simply that we wished him to go to Catholic faculty. However along with that, I feel there’s lots occurring today. There are plenty of politics concerned that I don’t assume belong there, and simply a number of the teachings which are occurring,” she stated. “I do know there are plenty of households that most likely really feel the identical means. Even when they’re not non secular, essentially. It’s that the controversial matters received’t be current or as prevalent in personal colleges.”
Whereas the examine discovered most counties had will increase in private schooling, Fayette County truly noticed a lower. Jefferson County had a rise of 12 %. Boone County, the place KC lives, noticed one of many largest will increase in private schooling. In accordance with the examine, the county had a 49 % improve final yr alone.
“And nearly all of that was pushed by new scholar enrollments within the personal colleges in that group,” Houchens stated.
Regardless of this, an official with Boone County Faculties instructed Spectrum Information the district’s enrollment is up, and has been climbing from yr to yr.
Kentucky Division of Schooling Commissioner Dr. Jason Glass stated it’s vital to have a look at all the information inside the correct context.
“I feel we shouldn’t infer an excessive amount of primarily based on what occurred in the course of the pandemic. It was a very uncommon, distinctive set of circumstances. We may even see extra folks selecting completely different choices exterior of the general public faculty sector. And that could be a bigger pattern that continues,” Glass stated.
Houchens stated it’s unimaginable to know at this level if the rise in private schooling is solely a pandemic impact.
“And because the results of the pandemic dissipate, will dad and mom as soon as once more select conventional public faculty settings for his or her youngsters? What I speculate is: many of those households, as soon as they’ve had the chance to expertise homeschooling or personal colleges, could determine that’s truly the perfect match for his or her children, and that’s what they need to be dedicated to long run,” he stated.
KC stated she was greatly surprised to listen to simply how widespread it was for different Boone County households to maneuver to private schooling.
“I’m stunned that it’s that prime. Non-public schooling is pricey. However one of many issues that I’ve realized is you can also make issues occur. The place there’s a will, there’s a means,” she stated.
Many households aren’t capable of finding that means, making personal schooling not a viable possibility. It’s viable for KC’s household, although, and the choice her household will follow transferring ahead, she stated.
“Lots of people are curious. Like, in case you have public colleges that your tax {dollars} are already paying for, and it’s free or near free, why would you select to spend 1000’s of {dollars} on sending your children to highschool? And the reply is it’s extra conservative in what they educate. My children will find out about points and matters which are occurring as we speak. However I would like it to come back from myself and my husband, not from a trainer with a curriculum,” she stated.
One factor Houchens stated he can definitively conclude from the examine is that, more and more, extra households need extra choices.
Chip Trayanum has been through plenty of ups and downs throughout his lengthy college career. Now the former Kentucky running back is ready to make one final stop not too far from his hometown of Akron, Ohio.
On3’s Pete Nakos reports Trayanum will spend his final year of college eligibility in the MAC, suiting up for the Toledo Rockets. It’s his fourth school in six years.
Trayanum had a ton of potential as a Blue Chip recruit. After all, that’s how he got the nickname “Chip.” Some schools wanted him to play linebacker, but he had his mind set on playing offense. That’s why he left the Midwest to play for Arizona State. After tallying 691 yards and 10 touchdowns over two seasons, he decided it was time to try out playing defense.
He returned to Ohio to play linebacker for Ohio State. When injuries hit the Buckeyes’ running back room, he moved back to offense. He performed well vs. Michigan, finding a new permanent home in Columbus. Trayanum’s best moment happened in the final moments against Notre Dame, punching in the game-winning touchdown as time expired.
Looking for a larger role as a bell-cow back, Trayanum transferred to Kentucky. He was poised to be RB1 until he suffered a broken hand during fall camp. Complications forced him to miss an extensive amount of time. He appeared in only three games and carried the ball 19 times for 101 yards.
Chip will finish his career by playing for the most consistent program in MAC. Jason Candle has led Toledo to four straight winning seasons, including an 11-win campaign in 2023. Hopefully, Trayanum can finally find the consistency that’s eluded him throughout his college career, just not in week one. The Rockets are traveling to Kroger Field to open the season.
There have been 21 transfer portal departures this offseason. There is still time for that number to grow. The transfer portal officially closes on Dec. 28.
- DL Keeshawn Silver (Committed to USC on Dec. 19)
- DB Avery Stuart
- LB Jayvant Brown
- TE Tanner Lemaster (Committed to Eastern Michigan on Dec. 22)
- TE Khamari Anderson (Committed to Arizona State on Dec. 22)
- TE Jordan Dingle (Committed to South Carolina on Dec. 18)
- OL Courtland Ford (Committed to UCLA on Dec. 17)
- OL Ben Christman
- OL Dylan Ray (Committed to Minnesota on Dec. 21)
- OL Koby Keenum (Committed to Mississippi State on Dec. 22)
- DL Tommy Ziesmer (Committed to EKU on Dec. 15)
- WR Dane Key
- WR Barion Brown (Committed to LSU on Dec. 14)
- WR Anthony Brown-Stephens
- WR Brandon White
- EDGE Tyreese Fearbry (Committed to Wisconsin on Dec. 22)
- EDGE Noah Matthews
- EDGE Caleb Redd (Committed to Kansas on Dec. 20)
- RB Chip Trayanum (Committed to Toledo on Dec. 24)
- QB Gavin Wimsatt
To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. Keep closer tabs on the Cats with our staff-only sticky thread on KSBoard, which will have updates on departures and targets throughout the offseason. Not a KSR+ member? Try it out today.
Kentucky
Mark Pope says Kentucky's story is still being written — with good and bad chapters to come
There hasn’t been much to complain about since Mark Pope took over at Kentucky back in April. He’s been a PR gold mine since day one while stacking up roster, staff and recruiting wins in the months since, then picked up statement on-court victories vs. Duke, Gonzaga and Louisville in the non-conference schedule before the turn of the new year. If you were to give him a grade on his early coaching report card, anything besides a big ‘A’ would be crazy.
The Clemson loss was his first misstep, but you could find positives there, specifically with the team’s second-half run to even the rebounding battle — and nearly the game overall, the Wildcats cutting it to two in the final seconds. Then came the real black eye: Kentucky folding like a lawn chair in New York City, falling to Ohio State by 20 points in a game the Buckeyes controlled from what felt like the opening tip.
Pope said it was a performance that would force him to ‘lose a lot of sleep’ in the coming days, promising to ‘find answers’ and ‘learn how to function at a better level when were under this particular type of duress.’ How is he feeling about his group after returning to Lexington ahead of the holidays after some time off?
He’s excited, but frustrated. Or is he frustrated, but excited? Either way, those are the emotions he’s feeling after laying an egg in the Big Apple.
“I’m really excited. What a bad night, just devastating. It was just the worst, the worst ever,” he said during his call-in radio show. “To do it in that venue wearing this jersey, it’s devastating. … There’s nothing you can do with it but help dig in and help it make you better, right? And in long conversations with our guys and our staff and digging into the numbers, the nuts and bolts, it’s also exciting to grow and get better, and to move forward.”
When you stumble in that fashion, an opportunity to regroup presents itself, learning from mistakes in a way you wouldn’t have felt without getting punched in the mouth. Even the best teams hit those walls over the course of a great season.
He hopes that’s the case with this one.
“There are always moments where there are just galvanizing moments, right? The championship teams have those moments, for sure, whether they show up in practice or in a game, or wherever they show up because you overcame something exceptional in a moment — or you failed to do it,” Pope said. “There’s just a series of galvanizing moments, and what championship teams do is whatever they have as they go along, the story is still being written, right? That’s what you do throughout the course of the season.”
It’s their season loss on the year, and almost certainly won’t be their last. It’s an all-time SEC schedule ahead with as many as 13 teams on pace to make the NCAA Tournament. The league is going to eat itself alive going into postseason play.
How will the Wildcats respond? That’s all that matters right now — and down the road when those moments come.
“You keep writing and keep writing and keep writing,” he said. “This won’t be our last difficult moment that we have this season, for sure. The question is where does it take us.”
The Kentucky Wildcats are 10-2 on the young season and are coming off their worst performance of the Mark Pope era thus far.
Playing in the annual CBS Sports Classic, the Cats faced off against the Ohio State Buckeyes in a game many viewed as a likely win for UK in New York City.
No one told the Buckeyes that as they came out and dominated the Cats from the tip in Madison Square Garden, scoring a 20-point win.
On his Monday radio show, Coach Pope talked about the loss, and you can really tell how much he wanted to win this game for the BBN.
“What a bad night. Just devastating. It was just the worst, the worst ever. To do it in that venue wearing this jersey, it’s devastating.” Pope said.
The hope is that this loss will help Kentucky will learn from this performance and use it as fuel to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
“There’s nothing you can do with it but help dig in and help it make you better, right?” Pope stated. “And in long conversations with our guys and our staff and digging into the numbers, the nuts and bolts, it’s also exciting to grow and get better and to move forward.”
Once again, this is a message that just shows that Coach Pope gets what this program means to the Bluegrass State.
Now, the Cats will turn their attention to a matchup with Brown on New Year’s Eve as they look to get back into the win column before the gauntlet of the SEC begins.
Who does conference play start with? None other than a top-10 team in the Florida Gators coming to Rupp Arena.
Going to be an interesting few weeks to see how Kentucky responds.
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