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Hundreds gather at first talk about co-op between Catholic schools
HUMPHREY — The second of two public meetings to consider a proposed co-op between St. Francis and Lindsay Holy Family will take place Sunday at 7 p.m. at St. Francis.
There is no reason to have multiple teachers teaching the same subjects to 10-12 kids per grade, with another Catholic school 10 miles down the road. Save the resources and money. Pride can still be there. The past state title aren’t going anywhere.
That was a major issue the last time this was discussed and HSF wanted everything in Humphrey. If there was a co-op that made the most sense in the world it’s this one. They’ll still be D2 in everything more than likely.
Same thing could be said when Riverside was formed. Spalding-Spalding Academy had some solid boys basketball teams, the majority of kids from the Academy. Riverside was formed quick and took it away from Spalding.
Easy: Flyerdogs or Doggers. Problem solved!
Private Schools, pretty hard to "force" them to do anything. They are footing the bill.
Archdiocese could have stepped in. Granted both churches have always done well, it makes sense to have one school supported by both parishes.
It makes more sense to have it however the parish wants it since they are paying for it.
Correct me if I am wrong, but in the Omaha Archdiocese, the parishes do not pay for the schools. I am sure they help, but tuition, endowment, fundraising, and donations are the main sources of revenue for Catholic schools in both the Grand Island Diocese and Omaha Archdiocese.
Correct but they do “oversee,” the schools and do give recommendations.
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There will be hard feelings. Just like there would have been hard feelings 20 years ago. It still needs to happen for a financial and logistical sense.Two-week moratorium placed on school cooperative talks
HUMPHREY — The fate of Humphrey Public School was a recurring theme Sunday night in the second meeting of a proposed cooperative between St. Francis and Lindsay Holy Family.
....."the fate of Humphrey Public School was a recurring theme Sunday night in the second meeting of a proposed cooperative between St. Francis and Lindsay Holy Family."
There is now a two-week moratorium on this issue. Rev. Eric Olsen told the crowd to not contact him or board members about the co-op because they needed to take time away from the issue.
I hope Humphrey High pulls its resources.... not only sports transportation, but school transportation and field uses too. You don’t want “us”, build your own shit....
Don't hurt the kids, they most likely have little say where their adult handlers send them to school. Now, pulling donuts and coffee from the rectory would be fine by me.
LHF has about 12 kid for 3 year enrollment. Not sure what it was a few years back when they cooped.
They should have 20 years ago. Just like the majority of current D1 and D2 schools who are East of Grand Island.
Again, all they had to do was look at a very similar co-op down Highway 91 to Spalding. Same thing happened to the Academy. When you co-op public vs private in everything, it’s not a forever deal.
I think your wrong trying to blame this on one person. And I think you are wrong to say he "decided it was happening." Priests are re-assigned to new positions all the time. But we can't fool ourselves, the bishop and the Catholic Schools Office hold the final decision making power. Much like the military. Priests are sent to do a job, and that is to lead the flock. Sometimes that includes helping to run a school. What typically happens, when a new guy comes in, just like in any business, he has a new perspective on an old situation. He isn't blinded by old prejudices, and doesn't know all the history of which families go to which schools, and why? He is looking for things to make his business run more efficiently. Sometimes that is consolidating work loads, sometimes it is eliminating position all together. It is no secret about the shortage of priests. Many of them have multiple parishes, and some multiple schools. That is multiple parish councils, multiple school boards, multiple everything. I think they all have the task, no, the responsibility to evaluate the situation and make informed recommendations to those who are going to be forced into making decisions down the road. I am thankful they ask for community input. Like he said in the article, he would be crazy to go completely against public sentiment.
I don't know how any co-op or consolidation is supposed to work when one side assumes they have all the power. The attitude that "you can join us, but we aren't joining you" just doesn't bode well for the long term future of the situation. It sounds like the same game plan used by Congress now days. Who ever has the numbers on their side at the moment, makes one sided decisions, until the numbers flip.
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BRLD athletics to dissolve at the end of the 2021-22 school year
Over the past few years, the Bancroft-Rosalie/Lyons-Decatur Wolverines have made noise at volleyball, football and basketball games around Nebraska.
Bancroft-Rosalie and Lyons-Decatur Northeast High Schools will dissolve their "BRLD" sports cooperative following the 2021-22 school year.
A decision was made back in December to split the Bancroft-Rosalie/Lyons-Decatur athletics -- a decision that was made after the Bancroft-Rosalie School Board realized that kids would be better off competing in Class D rather than Class C.
"It was a difficult choice by our Bancroft-Rosalie community. Our board looked at where our kids could compete best and felt going back to Class D was a better opportunity for our students to be successful," Bancroft-Rosalie Superintendent Jon Cerny said. "Enrollment came out and our board realized that we will move up to C1 for girls and boys basketball and volleyball.
They had asked the Lyons-Decatur Northeast board if they would approve the resolution to split up in those sports specifically so would could go back to D1. Their board came back and said we're going to be together in all sports or no sports."
The BRLD cooperative has had plenty of success on the hardwood as the Wolverines boys basketball team won back-to-back Class C2 state championships in 2019 and 2020. They also had a third-place finish in 2018 and 2021 while the girls basketball team took third in 2021.
With all of the winning they had in basketball, there was more that went into the decision than just for volleyball, football and basketball.
The decision has had more positive than negative feedback from the Bancroft-Rosalie community, Cerny said.
“It wasn't just about the sports — Lyons-Decatur Northeast had a shortage of numbers in girls sports, where they would not have been able to have their own teams. At the same time, we also considered academic sharing. After five years, it did not take place. There were several academic programs that we were looking at sharing, and it never happened,” Cerny said. “There was also a feasibility study to look at, either unifying or merging the two school districts, and that never went anywhere, either. It was a combination of all of those things; it wasn't just one issue.”
On the other side, this was something Lyons-Decatur Northeast didn't see coming, officials there said.
“We were surprised. We wanted to continue our athletics with Bancroft-Rosalie,” Lyons-Decatur Northeast Superintendent Fred Hansen said.
This decision affects not just the football and basketball teams, but it also affects other athletics.
In the 2022-23 school year, Bancroft-Rosalie will go back to being the Panthers and in Class D1 while Lyons-Decatur Northeast will return to be the Cougars and compete in either Class D1 or Class D2.
On the NSAA website, it shows the BRLD co-op expiring for volleyball on 12/01/2021 and for basketball on 4/1/2022
Pender and BR is such a natural fit. Maybe this move makes that happen someday I know back in the early 2000’s Pender wanted everything in Pender. But Pender is getting a few younger families back in town. So maybe they would be C1 after awhile?
