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Based on your post, it appears the "WOS haters" you refer to is anyone who made a comment that did not support the "Taxi Program". Now, not putting all WOS people in one bucket, it seems someone always brings up how great the football team is and how we (we = anyone else) are secretly trying to do things to sabotage the football program everytime we disagrees with anything that is not pro WOS football. (sorry, run on sentence!!) Trust me, most NORMAL people don't sit up at night and plan ways to make sure your "program will fall apart". The fact is, it was WOS board members that voted down the bus program. It was not people from outside your town. So, why did you think your own people did this? Should not this be the question you ask? My son plays football for Lumberton peewee. Lumberton has a reputation for "having money". We also have a very successful football program. Have you seen the condition of our stadium? You should see out Little League baseball field. Our high School scoreboard was not 100% functional all year. Its all about money. We live with what we have. And for your last comment, instead of telling us (WOS haters) to "just get better and work harder", maybe you guys should get with your parents and "work harder" getting your kids to practice like everyone else does. My son plays 3 sports and it can be a pain in the "" to get him to practice, but he has never missed!! Lastly, I hope you guys resolve the problem and the buses keep running. If it keeps kids in school I do agree with it. I just hope education is somewhere in your list of priorities......... Where are all the SETXsports administrators!!! This post should be deleted at once!! It makes WAY too much sense! ;D Thanks hippy boy! The first thing I would say is that we were at the school board meeting asking them why they did it. What came of that meeting is that it was done without accurate information. That's according to the board. That is why I am so upset about the decision. If we are in such a financial bind and I believe that we are. I probably have a different view of why we are than most. When some of our administration came back after "IKE" to do their job. Just like the rest of us had to do. Some of us never even left so we could do our job ASAP. The administration went to the board and asked for an additional $275 a day for about 10 people. On top of their normal pay. Now you tell me why would one deserve additional pay. Come do the job you are paid to do, period. Where was the financial crunch then???????? Thank goodness the board had better sense than our administration.

I don't know if there are any other schools in Orange County, but the reason they are an open campus is because their state testing scores are so low, not a good thing imo. There are 4 other districts in Orange County! Ok my mistake, didn't make it clear enough. Thanks for making that clear td, noticed you do like to find errors in peoples posts and point them out. I meant don't know if there are any other schools in Orange county that are also open campuses. I don't like to find errors in other peoples post and point them out. However if I post something that isn't accurate i, unlike you would appreciate someone pointing out my mistake. Don't take it personal. Do you really want to be making post that are inaccurate? I would hope not. I'm not sure how anyone would be expected to "know" what you meant. All we can do is read your post and interpret it. I for one am not a mind reader. So relax no one is on here or should I say I'm not on here to try to find mistakes in your post. But please feel free to correct any mistakes that I make because I do make them.

We actually are a tax rich district. We have to give money away (robinhood) every year. The money comes from industry though. Thank you td for being accurate about the tax base...I was trying to stay out of this since I don't live in the district. One possible solution would be for the community of WO-S to find this issue SO important that they would be willing to vote for a tax hike to fund the buses. ??? One of the really bad things about the weak economy and the hurricane damage to the plants is that it won't be long before the plants start asking for tax cuts and lower the value of their property. That will add up to more tough decisions. They said at the meeting if they increased our taxes that they thought we would just have to give it away since we already get more than they allow us. So raising our taxes would only help someone else. If what they think is true and things stay the same (and I'm almost certain that they won't as far as the plants go) then they could lower our taxes to help the local economy.

Congratulations to all of the Dayton players and Coaches. Yall were the last ones standing in SE Texas. Yall should be proud. We are proud of you. What a great season.

Don't forget St. Mary School. It goes through the 8th grade.

My guess is the snoop dog thing is where the smites came from. Look I'll hit you again so you will be all even and 2 and 2.

I don't know if there are any other schools in Orange County, but the reason they are an open campus is because their state testing scores are so low, not a good thing imo. There are 4 other districts in Orange County!

We actually are a tax rich district. We have to give money away (robinhood) every year. The money comes from industry though.

Well said Dragon. I don't think anyone is going to throw the red challenge flag on us for getting all three teams to the Superbowl. I bet next year when we win all three we'll be taking heat from all directions though. Have nothing but respect for your players and coaches. By the way: What is Karma and why don't I have more of it? I'm having to check twice before I cross the street now... Somebody give me some good Karma. > Once you reach 200 post you can either give karma which means you agree or like a post or you can smite them which means you didn't agree or like the post. Karma is positive and smite is negative. It's really just for fun. It doesn't mean anything. You can only smite or karma the same person once per hour.

Well said Dragon. I don't think anyone is going to throw the red chalenge flag on us for getting all three teams to the Sperbowl. I bet next year when we win all three we'll be taking heat from all directions though. Have nothing but respect for your players and coaches. By the way: What is Karma and why don't I have more of it? I'm having to check twice before I cross the street now... Somebody give me some good Karma. > I gave you a karma. Now your grand total is 1 raider. You have to start somewhere. ;D

I actually got to spend a little time with Coach last night talking baseball. I'm looking forward to this season. It's been a while since I remember saying that. Not only that I'm also looking forward to watching LCM play. I always enjoy watching Griff coach.

Thanks. Both of my boys had good football seasons. Even though only one of their teams brought home the Super Bowl trophy. Thanks to good coaching, because that's something I don't know much about. We have continued to take pitching lessons but haven't picked up a bat since last season. We still have a few weeks to hunt and then we get started with practice the first Sunday in January. It is definitely time to start talking baseball.

Skipper, I'm not sure about that. I do know that LCM is not an open district.

What about them? We aren't talking about them. Don't forget we have an open campus. So how in the world would you know where the kids live? Do the majority of them live in the city? Yes. But again it's an open campus so they don't have to live in the city or the school district. So TD, I'm curious, a student that does not live within WO-S district boundaries can still attend school there? I'm a grad of WO-S an am considering moving my family back so my son can play football there but really wanted a few acres of land outside the city. It's an open campus and as I understand it you do not have to live in the school district to go to school at WOS.

What about them? We aren't talking about them. Don't forget we have an open campus. So how in the world would you know where the kids live? Do the majority of them live in the city? Yes. But again it's an open campus so they don't have to live in the city or the school district. Are you saying that they go outside there district to provide rides to students I can't say where the buses run and where they don't run. What I'm telling you is that we have an open campus and not all kids have to live in the school district.

I agree with some of that but it's the parents you are talking about and you would be punishing the kid because of the parents actions.

No bid process. Called one company and left it at that. I'm not a board member and really don't want to be one. However, if I were I would have to put a little more effort in it than that. Just as they didn't know what the real number was on the busing. I think the number is important. They could actually end up losing money rather than saving money if kids drop out.

That is what Coach Hooks was saying... It was not even close to 35,000..more like 10,000. And I had to find my way home as well, but the situation is a little more different here. I'm not so sure how long ago that was smitty or was it even at night. Times have changed. Things are different. Not to mention I bet you would have appreciated a ride home. from smitty I had to find myself a way home after practice every time. What's the problem? You said you didn't have a ride, that's who! In an earlier post you said you had to find a ride home. You aren't keeping up with your own post. There is nothing wrong with saving the school district money. The thing is if they lose 3 kids because of this they are losing money not saving it.

;D ;D They take away our athletics and not only will they lose the kids that need a ride but I will be the first to go. I wonder if LCM would mix in a little blue and silver? If your really concerned about the kids than why would you leave if there were no athletics? Because I have kids. My boys enjoy sports and my daughter enjoys cheering. My kids don't need a ride and I think all athletics are important. There are so many things to be learned from athletics other than the particular sport. If I left it doesn't mean I would stop caring and trying to do what's right at WOS. I have alot of time invested in alot of kids there. I actually go into the school every single day and I care about the kids that are there.

There's a conspiracy I tell you. Yall don't want me getting my days added up just like the school board doesn't want the buses to run! ;D

That is what Coach Hooks was saying... It was not even close to 35,000..more like 10,000. And I had to find my way home as well, but the situation is a little more different here. I'm not so sure how long ago that was smitty or was it even at night. Times have changed. Things are different. Not to mention I bet you would have appreciated a ride home.

What about them? We aren't talking about them. Don't forget we have an open campus. So how in the world would you know where the kids live? Do the majority of them live in the city? Yes. But again it's an open campus so they don't have to live in the city or the school district.

Congrats. It's going to be fun to be able to watch alot of these local kids come together.

I don't think that you used the $35,000 figure. That came from The school board president himself in a meeting. Have you looked at the number of employees that we have compared to other 3A district or where else we might cut the budget. I agree it needs to be cut. But if you lose 2 kids because of this you have broken even. I'm just curious as to why you think they made the right choice. Tell me what facts that you have looked into that makes this the right choice. Do you think we will lose any kids? I totally believe that we should continue the transportation for the students if possible but NOT at the expense of cutting jobs!!!! Now there's a voice of reason. Good one Venom33. I never said keep it at the expense of anyones job. What I'm saying is that we still have employees like we are a 5A school. If we have too many employees then some positions need to be cut. That has nothing to do with the busing. If we are over budget by a couple of million dollars, that should tell you something.

I don't think that you used the $35,000 figure. That came from The school board president himself in a meeting. Have you looked at the number of employees that we have compared to other 3A district or where else we might cut the budget. I agree it needs to be cut. But if you lose 2 kids because of this you have broken even. I'm just curious as to why you think they made the right choice. Tell me what facts that you have looked into that makes this the right choice. Do you think we will lose any kids?