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Grew up in Texas and went to a 5A high school that got easy electoral approval for (at the time) a ridiculous stadium, but did give letters for UIL academics an

by MandieD 10y ago

Grew up in Texas and went to a 5A high school that got easy electoral approval for (at the time) a ridiculous stadium, but did give letters for UIL academics and band. In fact, there was a banquet each year for the top 3% GPAs. Everyone at least feigned interest in football, but at least among the college-bound bunch, being good at a sport was a feather in your cap, but not a social necessity. Our football coach was still grossly overpaid, though. Life was less pleasant for non-sports guys out in the 2A and 3A districts - I was able to switch to my big high school from one of those semi-rural "white flight" ones, and I'm so glad I did.

drivingmenuts 10y ago
And now, there's this: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20160819-mckinney-isd-s-69.9-million-high-school-stadium-nation-s-most-expensive.ece?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20160819-mckinney-... I am ... I don't know how I feel about this. Certainly not happy. Probably a good thing I don't live in McKinney.
- ArkyBeagle 10y ago
  I lived in Allen (S. of McKinney ) for quite a while. At least at the time, the Allen Valedictorian was already slated to go to Harvard Med. after he finished undergrad. Dunno how that worked out.. The academics were outstanding there, but about 1/3 dropped out before graduation. Wasn't a lot of effort put into retention, either. We left around the the they were building that massive Allen sports complex and the new high school. My youngest was still in high school at the time, and moving her out of it was the best thing we could have done, as it turns out. But I think that's mainly that she got to reinvent herself, and she really liked where we moved to. Plus, the Internet was beginning to make social media (MySpace) available, which really helped her socially. I'm pretty sure the land for the Allen monstrosity was donated by the founder of one of the companies I worked for. Guy lives extremely frugally, but he was worth untold millions. The whole Dallas area has dumbed down a lot in the wake of the first dotcom bust. It's all $20 an hour contract Java work now; $30 if you're lucky.

by MandieD 10y ago

drivingmenuts 10y ago

And now, there's this: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20160819-mckinney-isd-s-69.9-million-high-school-stadium-nation-s-most-expensive.ece?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20160819-mckinney-... I am ... I don't know how I feel about this. Certainly not happy. Probably a good thing I don't live in McKinney.

ArkyBeagle 10y ago
I lived in Allen (S. of McKinney ) for quite a while. At least at the time, the Allen Valedictorian was already slated to go to Harvard Med. after he finished undergrad. Dunno how that worked out.. The academics were outstanding there, but about 1/3 dropped out before graduation. Wasn't a lot of effort put into retention, either. We left around the the they were building that massive Allen sports complex and the new high school. My youngest was still in high school at the time, and moving her out of it was the best thing we could have done, as it turns out. But I think that's mainly that she got to reinvent herself, and she really liked where we moved to. Plus, the Internet was beginning to make social media (MySpace) available, which really helped her socially. I'm pretty sure the land for the Allen monstrosity was donated by the founder of one of the companies I worked for. Guy lives extremely frugally, but he was worth untold millions. The whole Dallas area has dumbed down a lot in the wake of the first dotcom bust. It's all $20 an hour contract Java work now; $30 if you're lucky.