OT: Haven't seen this mentioned re Jackson Prep

[RocketDawg]

The Weather Channel has been running video of a roof caving in due to heavy rain at Jackson Preparatory School. Apparently school is still in session and they just roped off the area, so damage must not be too widespread. The video is pretty amazing, showing basically a small tsunami after the roof came down. Must've been a heckuva rain falling in a hurry to cause it.

What kind of school is Jackson Prep anyway? I've seen it mentioned on here several times usually in relation to sports, of course, since this is a sports board. Is it a college prep school with high academics, or a place to rehab athletes that can't pass college entrance tests (I've seen people mention sending athletes to "prep school", but I doubt they are being sent to a normal college prep institution)?

 

[8dog]

Happened in the gym/auditorium area so classrooms were not impacted.

Its the best high school in the world.

 

[patdog]

It's a very good and rich academy. They're better than you and they know it, both academically and athletically (that's an unfair generalization, but it applies often enough that it's a common one). Probably the second most expensive and second best academic private school in the state (St. Andrews is #1).

 

[RocketDawg]

Happened in the gym/auditorium area so classrooms were not impacted.

Its the best high school in the world.

Dang, that's pretty good! You must've gone there.

 

[RocketDawg]

It's a very good and rich academy. They're better than you and they know it, both academically and athletically (that's an unfair generalization, but it applies often enough that it's a common one). Probably the second most expensive and second best academic private school in the state (St. Andrews is #1).

Sounds like it's similar to Randolph School in Huntsville. A lot of people have the same opinion of the school as you stated, but it's not really true. Randolph is just a very good school, and what you pay for tuition is worth every cent. My son went there for 13 years, but he went to MSU scott free for 5 years (double major and a co-op), then got paid to go to Tulane, Florida State, and Georgia in grad school. We found it to be a very caring school that was truly interested in their students. Only a small portion of the parents were truly "rich". But such schools do indeed engender jealousy.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

We use to spank ***......in track and baseball. They wouldn't schedule us in football, unfortunately.

 

[rugbdawg]

JA is more expensive than Prep by 800 bucks or so. But St. Andrews is more expensive than both by at least $3500.

 

[Shamoan]

i got this one guys. its one of the best if not the best high schools in the state (private and very expensive, might i add...honestly, its probably a bit overrated in that aspect, but quality is very high). high academics and deep athletic program. about 60 % bear supported and 15% state support. coach ricky black is head coach of the football team (former MSU TE coach) and have produced modest NCAA/NFL talent (will overstreet, todd wade, paul lacoste (MSU), jake mangum (MSU), among others. public schoolers hate it because they think it represents the social elite (not the case in some circumstances) and think its is full of snobby rich kids (not the case in most circumstances). generally, people enjoy talking **** about it because it for whatever reason, but the overwhelming majority (think 85%) are upper middle class, lower upper class families that want the best for their kids.

 

[GloryDawg]

It's a very good and rich academy. They're better than you and they know it, both academically and athletically (that's an unfair generalization, but it applies often enough that it's a common one). Probably the second most expensive and second best academic private school in the state (St. Andrews is #1).

JA cost more.

 

[msstate7]

It's a very good and rich academy. They're better than you and they know it, both academically and athletically (that's an unfair generalization, but it applies often enough that it's a common one). Probably the second most expensive and second best academic private school in the state (St. Andrews is #1).

How much is St. Andrews tuition?

 

[dawgstudent]

An arm and a leg. I think high school is around 17k.

http://www.gosaints.org/uploaded/business_office/St_Andrews_Tuition_2016-17.pdf

I know one family who has 4 in their elementary and high school

 

[WhiteShepherd07]

You forgot to add Swayze Waters who singled handedly beat us when he played for UAB as a kicker. Croom missed that shot, but anyway Swayze just signed a one year deal with the Panthers.

And oh yea, I graduated from prep as well and everything said below is pretty much true. Most of the kids there think they're better than everyone else, especially the ones who associate with the Bears.

 

[CivilEngineerDog]

What kind is school is Prep?

In the spring of 1970 I was at Chastain Jr High in Jackson. This was just after integration of the public schools. The art teacher was painting a rendition for a proposed school called Jackson prep. The skinny was that a prominent Jackson Restuarantour was creating a Prep School that would be a white's only copy of Murrah High School.

Those of us who's parents had the wisdom to stay in the public schools despised prep then and still do 45 years later.

I know my son's academic teams at Madison Central routinely ***** slapped the ones from prep, JA and St. Andrews back to Jackson. But then again, if someone wants to pay $17K a year to hide from the real world, hey that's great!

 

[RocketDawg]

JA is more expensive than Prep by 800 bucks or so. But St. Andrews is more expensive than both by at least $3500.

I think Randolph (mentioned above) is right at $20K, plus fees and books, which is getting downright expensive.

 

[RocketDawg]

The demographics sound about right. People sometimes resent what they don't really know about, and only assume.

 

[RocketDawg]

You forgot to add Swayze Waters who singled handedly beat us when he played for UAB as a kicker. Croom missed that shot, but anyway Swayze just signed a one year deal with the Panthers.

And oh yea, I graduated from prep as well and everything said below is pretty much true. Most of the kids there think they're better than everyone else, especially the ones who associate with the Bears.

But that's mostly due to being a Bear, not a Jackson Prep person isn't it? Kinda inbred in them.

 

[RocketDawg]

In the spring of 1970 I was at Chastain Jr High in Jackson. This was just after integration of the public schools. The art teacher was painting a rendition for a proposed school called Jackson prep. The skinny was that a prominent Jackson Restuarantour was creating a Prep School that would be a white's only copy of Murrah High School.

Those of us who's parents had the wisdom to stay in the public schools despised prep then and still do 45 years later.

I know my son's academic teams at Madison Central routinely ***** slapped the ones from prep, JA and St. Andrews back to Jackson. But then again, if someone wants to pay $17K a year to hide from the real world, hey that's great!

Many private schools popped up around that time for the sole purpose of avoiding integration. Most of them had "Academy" in their name. But some were established strictly for academic excellence. And some are parochial. True, the latter two "hide from the world" to a certain extent, but that's not always a bad thing.

 

[Shamoan]

I think you are using the word "most" a bit liberally there. Some did, but I sure wouldn't put them in the majority. Maybe you had a ****** class.

 

[Shamoan]

It's not hogwarts. It's only as talented as those attending.

 

[UnknownDawg]

Yawn

i got this one guys. its one of the best if not the best high schools in the state (private and very expensive, might i add...honestly, its probably a bit overrated in that aspect, but quality is very high). high academics and deep athletic program. about 60 % bear supported and 15% state support. coach ricky black is head coach of the football team (former MSU TE coach) and have produced modest NCAA/NFL talent (will overstreet, todd wade, paul lacoste (MSU), jake mangum (MSU), among others. public schoolers hate it because they think it represents the social elite (not the case in some circumstances) and think its is full of snobby rich kids (not the case in most circumstances). generally, people enjoy talking **** about it because it for whatever reason, but the overwhelming majority (think 85%) are upper middle class, lower upper class families that want the best for their kids.

Basically a big fish in a small pond.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Joseph(?) Queen who was a QB in the 00s and track athlete got a track scholarship to State and he did the decathlon I believe. Hell of an athlete. Competed head to head in track against him for multiple years.

 

[Joe Schmedlap]

In the spring of 1970 I was at Chastain Jr High in Jackson. This was just after integration of the public schools. The art teacher was painting a rendition for a proposed school called Jackson prep. The skinny was that a prominent Jackson Restuarantour was creating a Prep School that would be a white's only copy of Murrah High School.

Those of us who's parents had the wisdom to stay in the public schools despised prep then and still do 45 years later.

I know my son's academic teams at Madison Central routinely ***** slapped the ones from prep, JA and St. Andrews back to Jackson. But then again, if someone wants to pay $17K a year to hide from the real world, hey that's great!

It's an excellent school where parents are interested in and involved in their kids' education. The vast majority of enrolled students have plans for a college education. Doesn't mean the very smartest kids in all of Jackson go there, but as a whole, the student body is much stronger academically than most. Parents who send kids there are very invested in the future of their children. These parents pay for public schools with confiscated taxes and pay for private school with what is left over. Education of one's children is a great investment.

 

[Shamoan]

How so?

 

[AlCoDog]

Why didn't you move to Jackson and send your son to Murrah?

 

[LawDawg97]

That is some Grade A resentment right there

Those of us who's parents had the wisdom to stay in the public schools despised prep then and still do 45 years later.

I would've hoped your public school taught you the difference between who's and whose

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

Dayum. When I went there back in the '90s my parents were shelling out about $4k a year. I'm paying that amount for my son at Catholic school now, but if it were $17k he'd be taking the bus to whatever public school each morning.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

I know several people who send their kids to Randolph or went to Randolph. The one thing I notice is that most of them had one kid, two kids top. We could probably swing Randolph if we wanted to if we just had one (we probably wouldn't), but tuition would eat up half my take home pay once all three of my kids were in school there.

The sad truth about Randolph is that tuition there is only about 30% more than what Huntsville City spends per pupil yet they get about 100% better results.

 

[KurtRambis4]

I think there

may some truth to what you say, back then, and even some now, but today I think it's much more there for people who want the best for their kids.

 

[III.sixpack]

In the spring of 1970 I was at Chastain Jr High in Jackson. This was just after integration of the public schools. The art teacher was painting a rendition for a proposed school called Jackson prep. The skinny was that a prominent Jackson Restuarantour was creating a Prep School that would be a white's only copy of Murrah High School.

Those of us who's parents had the wisdom to stay in the public schools despised prep then and still do 45 years later.

I know my son's academic teams at Madison Central routinely ***** slapped the ones from prep, JA and St. Andrews back to Jackson. But then again, if someone wants to pay $17K a year to hide from the real world, hey that's great!

You must be an engineer.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Was wondering the same thing......

 

[Shmuley]

^^^ Has a black friend.

 

[patdog]

A lot of the kids going to Prep are from the Madison Central and NW Rankin school zones. They're not going there to get away from black people. I don't understand for the life of me why someone would shell out that kind of money for a private school when they live in a good public school zone, but a lot of them do.

 

[WhiteShepherd07]

Queen is a good friend of mine, he was an unbelievable athlete. The dude was on Steve Austins show last season and lost to the reigning champion by a few seconds in that final obstacle challenge.

 

[seshomoru]

That place cranks out liberal d-bags who contribute nothing to society.

**

 

[Shamoan]

we made a conscious decision to move to the germantown school district/ (mannsdale elementary currently) because we weighed the cost vs advantage and it was negligible from private to public given that the public school is top notch.