[NU Sports] coaches leaving

[Jim Leonard]

Gary Barnett lived in Evanston. I'm pretty sure that his son Clay went to
Loyola Academy or some other private school. His daughter Courtney went to
ETHS. I agree, few assistants could afford Evanston. 

--- wseliger at aol.com wrote:

>  Do any of the coaches actually live in or near Evanston?  When I was more
> familiar with the coaching staff 6 or 8 years ago I was surprised to learn
> that most of them lived well away from Evanston.  I'm not sure you could
> afford to live in Evanston on anything other than a Head Coach's salary
> (unless you wanted to live in an apartment).
>  
>  - Bill
>  
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> Sent: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 13:52:04 -0600
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] coaches leaving
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> Speaking as an Evanston public school parent, I believe that our
> schools are among the best in the nation, public or private.
> 
> Nonetheless, a surprisingly high number of parents still choose to
> send their children to private schools, despite the exorbitant taxes we
> all pay to the school district.  Why?  One reason is that Evanston
> has a lot of highly educated and affluent people with counterculture
> leanings.  They are enamored of alternative programs like
> Montessori and Waldorf, as well as home schooling.
> And some people will always choose parochial schools, for
> personal reasons.
> 
> Another reason, I am ashamed to admit, is elitism.  There are children
> of all economic classes in the public schools, and some folks feel
> that having poor kids in the classroom somehow diminishes the quality
> of everybody's education.  Personally, I am thankful that my son
> learned to get along with and respect people of all ethnic and income
> groups--and this did not keep him from aceing the SATs.
> I know nothing about Norman, Oklahoma, but the Evanston schools
> should be a selling point in attracting coaches.
> 
> (This is probably no longer a "sports" thread so we should keep any
> further comments on the subject off-list).
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> Not to knock north Chicago, but having lived in Norman, and having had a
> wife
> teach just across the river, I can tell you that the Public School of
> Norman,
> OK, with the University of OK there, are as good as anything around
> Evanston.
> 
> If the public schools in and around Evanston are so good, why are there so
> many
> private schools?
> 
> rsl
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] coaches leaving
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> 
> I will contest one of Roy's points:
> 
> "I know from experience that OU pays better than NU, the weather's nicer
> most of
> the year, you don't have to send your kids to private school in Norman, and
> he
> can use all the red stuff left over from Miami. "
> 
> Any Northwestern staffer who feels that he has to send his kids to private
> school is kidding himself - any Public school on the North Shore, including
> ETHS
> and New Trier, is better than its private counterparts - I'd match ETHS,
> New
> Trier or Glenview against North Shore Country Day or Roycemore, or the
> parochials like Loyola Academy, and the public schools would win going
> away.
> And they would certainly outperform anything he might find in the public
> schools
> in Norman, Oklahoma.
> 
> Chuck Herron   Tech '85
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