@Trish_Crain The legislature’s next adjustment to the CHOOSE Act should be mandating that any private school accepting CHOOSE Act funds must accept any and all CHOOSE Act recipients.
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Jonathan Colvin
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Jonathan Colvin
@KingsCoveColvin
Believer, Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Federal Programs and Instructional Supervisor for Jackson County AL Schools
Bridgeport, AL Katılım Ocak 2017
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@KingsCoveColvin I'd like to know, too. I found that more than half of the public school students who were awarded ESAs for the current school year were not using them for the 2025-26 school year. Story here. aldailynews.com/who-is-using-a…
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Worth pointing out: Nearly 9,000 current public and public charter school students applied for CHOOSE Act funds.
Alabama Daily News@ALDailyNews
Nearly 49,000 students applied for Alabama’s CHOOSE Act for the next school year. #ALPolitics aldailynews.com/alabamas-choos…
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@Trish_Crain That’s in line with what I expected. Families can CHOOSE only if they are chosen by the private schools as well.
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@johnwprestridge Pretty sure he watched it in between innings of the Iron Bowl of Baseball.
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TVA officials provide update on Jackson County pumped storage hydro facility project.
“We need welders, electricians, construction workers those skilled labor positions."
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@GovernorKayIvey @ALDailyNews Governor, please don’t leave out that not all who are interested in attending Montgomery Catholic will actually be allowed to enroll. The CHOOSE Act only works for those students whom private schools CHOOSE, as well. We don’t get to pick and CHOOSE in public schools.
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Glad to see @ALDailyNews highlight the growing interest at Montgomery Christian School as Alabama expands school choice through education savings accounts.
What’s happening there reflects what we’re seeing across our state as families embrace MORE education OPTIONS. #alpolitics
Alabama Daily News@ALDailyNews
Montgomery Christian School sees growing interest as Alabama expands private school funding under the CHOOSE Act. #ALPolitics aldailynews.com/montgomery-chr…
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@BucsRthebest @matthewbmurphy @JayTownAlabama @willainsworthAL They are in some places. That’s the easy fix for this situation.
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@KingsCoveColvin @matthewbmurphy @JayTownAlabama @willainsworthAL Most area games are not play on Friday.
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I’m confident that AHSAA Executive Director Heath Harmon and the governing board will be remembered for extinguishing the flame of competitiveness and abandoning any effort at simple fairness and good sportsmanship under their watch.
Rather than allowing CHOOSE act students to retain their eligibility, as the law requires, Harmon and the AHSAA have opted, instead, to segregate our public and private schools, which is punitive, wrong, and just plain hateful.
The coaches participating in this boneheaded decision care only about winning championships, not about the high school athletes they are supposed to serve, the lessons about sportsmanship they are supposed to teach, and the simple respect and dignity that students and their parents deserve.
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@matthewbmurphy @JayTownAlabama @willainsworthAL It would make sense for the AA private schools to be in 4-team areas. One team would still have long travel times because of 9 teams being in the south and 7 in the north. Other solution is uneven regions, but plenty of folks would gripe about that, too.
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@KingsCoveColvin @JayTownAlabama @willainsworthAL I don’t care that they separated. My issue is they did a terrible job of making the regions in public and private. Everyone making this a have and have not thing. It’s about families not wanting to drive 8 hrs to watch their kid play.
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@matthewbmurphy @JayTownAlabama @willainsworthAL Play area games on Friday like everyone else does. Play local public schools for non-area games during the week. Private school parents separated their kids from public schools long before the AHSAA ever did.
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@JayTownAlabama @willainsworthAL How is the fair for Lee Scott Academy:
Region travel for LSA next year
All one-way
Shortest - 101mi, 2hr drive
Farthest - 214mi, 3:40hr drive
Avg - 173mi, 3hr drive
Gonna be tough driving over seven hours round trip for a Tuesday night basketball game
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@JayTownAlabama @willainsworthAL Maybe the State of Alabama should expect litigation for funneling public dollars to private schools with unequal accountability requirements 🤷🏻♂️
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@willainsworthAL The AHSAA can expect litigation for their unequal treatment of male and female athletes in non-public schools.
The legislature has the ability to correct this injustice, stop the absurd penalties for private schools, and have a unified athletic system in Alabama.
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@Gerhard_TV @SimoneEli_TV @BartSessions @CoachDFaulkner @BenThomasPreps @kennedy_randy @TheTommyHicks @HallTechSports1 @ballindsouth With all due respect to the Mobile area, the rest of the state has a completely different view on this. This is apparent in the 13-2 vote by the central board. Private schools want to complain, but parents separated their kids from public schools long before the AHSAA did.
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"I don't like it one bit"... Local high school football coaches voiced their opinions on the AHSAA's decision to split public and private schools in championship play.
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Coach Forester laments the state separating public/private schools today, but the parents of private school students chose to separate their students long before today. The inability of some of these folks to see the hypocrisy in that is stunning.
Tyler Raley@traley34
With the news of the AHSAA splitting public and private schools during reclassification, Briarwood head football coach Matthew Forester is among the many faces of private institutions reacting to the monumental change in high school sports. Story: shelbycountyreporter.com/sports/matthew…
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Fairness must also mean that private schools can now receive government funds and not be held to the same accountability standards of public schools, e.g. state report cards. The distinction between privates and publics goes much deeper than just athletics.
Will Ainsworth@willainsworthAL
I’m confident that AHSAA Executive Director Heath Harmon and the governing board will be remembered for extinguishing the flame of competitiveness and abandoning any effort at simple fairness and good sportsmanship under their watch. Rather than allowing CHOOSE act students to retain their eligibility, as the law requires, Harmon and the AHSAA have opted, instead, to segregate our public and private schools, which is punitive, wrong, and just plain hateful. The coaches participating in this boneheaded decision care only about winning championships, not about the high school athletes they are supposed to serve, the lessons about sportsmanship they are supposed to teach, and the simple respect and dignity that students and their parents deserve.
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@dannykanell Can’t believe I’m saying this, but I actually agree with @dannykanell
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It’s become very trendy to crap on the Group of 5 programs. But Tulane and JMU had phenomenal seasons and should be applauded.
But at the same time it is crystal clear the best outcome for everyone is to have a Group of 5 playoff and crown their own national champion.
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@TideSports Thanks for the info. I believe Geno Toretta was the Miami QB in the 1993 Sugar Bowl, though.
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What Alabama football fans need to know about Indiana before Rose Bowl tidesports.com/story/sports/c…
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The SEC has lost both first-round College Football Playoff games. Ole Miss tries to stop the streak vs. Tulane
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@johnwprestridge This is obviously karma from their Final Four win* against Auburn a few years back.
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Virginia should not be penalized as they played their way into the championship game. Clearly, they deserve Alabama’s spot.
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