You can read the article below, but I can't for the life of me think of a good reason why they are not posting the position until "likely the end of the school year," i.e. May!

Also goes to show you what a great job former Athletic Director and Head Coach Bill Baine did at Rosebud-Lott.


Edwards resigns as Rosebud-Lott coach; Jackson assumes interim AD role
by Marcus Hood and Greg Wille
Published: January 13, 2011

TRAVIS - Rosebud-Lott will have its fourth head football coach and athletic director since 2005 after Robby Edwards turned in his resignation in December.

"He stepped down for health reasons," Rosebud-Lott superintendent Anthony Price said Wednesday. "He and I are good friends and he left us on good terms."

Edwards had a 9-12 record in two seasons at Rosebud-Lott, including a 42-6 loss to New London West Rusk in a Class 2A Division II bi-district playoff game in 2009.

It was the Cougars' only playoff game since 2004, Bill Baine's final season. Since that time, the Cougars have been led by Damon Phillips, Kyle Maxfield and Edwards and have one winning season - 7-3 in 2008 under Maxfield.

Rosebud-Lott had just three losing seasons in 12 years under Baine and was the 2A Division II state champion in 2002.

Price said the district has not officially posted the opening and will not do so until it has finalized its budget for the upcoming school year.

There is widespread speculation that the state's current $15 billion budget shortfall could have an impact on districts across Texas, requiring many to make significant budget cuts.

Price it would likely be close to the end of the school year before the budget is finalized and the position is posted. Until then, Rosebud-Lott assistant football coach Craig Jackson will serve as interim athletic director.

Price did not say the job will be Jackson's next school year, but he is encouraging Jackson to strongly consider it permanently.

"Jackson is well-qualified and is doing an excellent job," Price said. "We've been happy with his job so far and when the position is posted I will encourage Coach Jackson to apply to continue in the position."

Money and it looks like they already have their man.

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but I can't for the life of me think of a good reason why they are not posting the position until "likely the end of the school year

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Maybe they are being nice and letting Temple have first crack at the available talent out there

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....looks like they already have their man.

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Should I be worried about Tim Deruyter?








[This message has been edited by Captain Pablo (edited 1/13/2011 3:24p).]

I'm guessing this right here has a lot to do with it. It's a shame that kids are going to lose out because of it...

http://www.centraltexasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13826364



Central Texas schools prepare for state budget cuts

Posted: Jan 11, 2011 6:02 PM CST
Updated: Jan 12, 2011 7:58 AM CST

Superintendents across Central Texas are doing the same thing as Anthony Price in Rosebud-Lott; preparing "just in case" budgets to cope with the state's estimated $27 billion budget shortfall.

It's not easy for Price to do. State funding accounts for almost 80 percent of his budget.

"We've kind of sliced our programs up already. We will have some mentoring programs and some intervention programs, possibly some tutorial programs we're gonna have to cut, but we're gonna have to do some cuts to payroll and that's what's gonna hurt," Price says.

Price says they will first cut staff like teacher aids and custodial workers, then teachers. And technology programs will take a hit.

Rosebud-Lott was awarded a grant to give laptops to all of its middle school students. And the buck may stop there.

"The plan was to have everybody move up with their computers as they went up into the upper grades. But now with this it might be that the 8th graders going out don't take them and then we pass those on to the 6th graders," explains Rosebud-Lott Middle School Principal Jaime Velasco.

We are all preparing for doomsday with state funding. Schools all over the state except for the few with such high revenues from oil for instance that they don't depend on state funding to help pay the bills.

It is scary as a teacher and it is going to hurt kids when programs have to be sliced and when class sizes have to be increased to huge numbers.