Do they have schools?

While on the surface all may appear to be well in these schools, if we dig deeper we find that achievement could be better in some subjects, or for some groups of pupils, and that these schools are falling way behind in terms of providing the sort of education we find in our best schools.

Club is where most schools start. Once you have any idea of going up a level, you have to continue the (club) program as much as you can.

Having all three middle schools with volleyball is absolutely terrific. I think it shows how much the game is growing as a sport. People are really excited and passionate about the game now.

It's nothing against those schools at all. Coaches just would rather take a 10-minute drive to play. But the UIL looks at the bigger picture. They see the West Texas teams that have to travel long distances and they say our area doesn't have it that bad.

These examples make a mockery of Labour's claims to have given schools the freedom to run themselves.