[Fly Like a Duck]

It drives me crazy when I hear about schools offering in school elective weight lifting class. It is no wonder much of the states schools rank so low academically. I love sports and think it is great for kids to be involved with, but academic classes need to be taken during school hours and sports before or after school. Highlands is a top tier program whose kids take college prep courses during school hours and lift before or after school. As a parent of a top KY athlete, I can not believe any parent would put sports ahead of academics; what a disadvantage your are doing to your child by not preparing them the best academically as possible. I still say part of the reason HHS is so good in sports is they have smart kids who are able and willing to be coached. The same could be said for St X, Trinity, Beechwood, Cov Cath.

Go to alabama, Texas, Ohio, tennessee and several other states and not only will you find schools who allow weightlifting as an elective in the masses, but many of those states have schools that offer athletic periods the last part of the day that are specific to each sport(s).

Taking weighifting as an elective is nomore bogus than many other electives out there that are offered. Quit living in never never land.