Mississippi High School Cross Country

"Golden Wave" brings perhaps the most relevant and insightful point to the table concerning Tupelo's success (Coach Brown IS the man). Never the head coach but look at the single identifying factor over those last seven years...Not to knock Coach Hall at all, I hear he is doing a really great job too.

Have it your way, but there is no doubting that just about every kid ends up at the H.S. I've been to Tupelo many times. I know people there, and know that folks there wanted a new H.S. built (especially teachers). It WAS shot down for athletic reasons. The middle school athletic programs are huge, and the pick of the litter goes on to compete in H.S. The H.S. likes having a "corner on the market" so to say.

I have nothing against Tupelo, and the coach is doing a great job. Let's just say that some MS schools would love to be inTupelo's situation.

Congrats on another great season.

THS Student wrote:

Wrong again. They do have one public high school (one small private but doesnt account for many people), but the school is not 6000 k-12. There are numerous elementary schools. You are right about though that the coaches recruit the middle schools and get a lot of young kids involved. Not to mention that over the years cross country has become a big deal in town and has a fairly big following.

From Tupelo High School's web site:

Located in the northeast corner of Mississippi, the Tupelo Public School District provides its community with a nationally recognized program of educational excellence. This excellence is validated through recognition of four schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools, approximately 100 National Board Certified staff members and four Milken Award winners, and ACT Core Scores above the national average. For each of its 7200 Pre-K through Grade 12 students, the Tupelo Public School District provides an educational path lined with opportunities for learning success and excellence.

You're right!! It's not 6000..............

You're acting like "having it my way" is just my opinion. The situation is fact. There is only one high school, because the size of the city doesn't warrant two high schools. The high school is sufficiently large for that number of students, and 2200 students is not an outlandish number. I've never heard anything about wanting a second high school. The school situation in Tupelo is not unique or overly advantageous. End of story.

Good luck on Sat - Scrib - find a way to move on.

FYI THS Student wrote:

From Tupelo High School's web site:

Located in the northeast corner of Mississippi, the Tupelo Public School District provides its community with a nationally recognized program of educational excellence. This excellence is validated through recognition of four schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools, approximately 100 National Board Certified staff members and four Milken Award winners, and ACT Core Scores above the national average. For each of its 7200 Pre-K through Grade 12 students, the Tupelo Public School District provides an educational path lined with opportunities for learning success and excellence.

You're right!! It's not 6000..............

Yeah, and just like he said, there is not one school that is 6000 students, K-12. There are 7200 total students K-12, divided among several schools. The high school comprises (per the website, and less than even we estimated) 1900 of those students.

What is a more viable solution for a city the size of Tupelo? Why would having two schools with less than a 1000 students be preferable? The physical size of the high school accommodates way over 2000 students. So that is a non-issue. Would creating two schools simply serve the purpose of making Tupelo less competitive in sports? I don't get it. There are many schools in Mississippi that have a similar number of students, and none of them excel like Tupelo in distance running.

And to the last guy, thank you. This weekend should be awesome.

I have no idea how this thread moved from congratulating the Tupelo xc team to criticizing the city of Tupelo for not building another high school and complaining about who has what advantage. I really don't care how or why these kids are running so fast, I just want to celebrate their success by showing recognition. Some of you guys need to really assess your thoughts before you share them with the board. To critique these 14-18 years old is just immature and irresponsible. Let them enjoy their success.

As a native Mississippian, I'm just proud to see them competing with some of the best in the region and not limiting success to the boundaries of the Magnolia State.

How did that happen...Anyhow.

Congrats to the team and keep up the good work. End of thread.

tigranya wrote:

I have no idea how this thread moved from congratulating the Tupelo xc team to criticizing the city of Tupelo for not building another high school and complaining about who has what advantage. I really don't care how or why these kids are running so fast, I just want to celebrate their success by showing recognition. Some of you guys need to really assess your thoughts before you share them with the board. To critique these 14-18 years old is just immature and irresponsible. Let them enjoy their success.

As a native Mississippian, I'm just proud to see them competing with some of the best in the region and not limiting success to the boundaries of the Magnolia State.

How did that happen...Anyhow.

Congrats to the team and keep up the good work. End of thread.

That was my bad. I never really meant to turn this into critisizm. The point is well made that these kids are great, as is their coach. I just did not understand why folks took such offense to factual information. I'm done with this myself.

Congrats to Tupelo!!