I was told, and I haven't checked any further, that Dixon is one of 5 siblings. His Mother was living with another Mother with a lot of kids as well. They were evicted. A private school in Atlanta took in 2 or 3 of the younger sisters. Dixon is suppose to be living in a house off Ginger cake.

if they were evicted cause they couldn't pay the 1st time....who is paying for the rent on Gingercake?

I'm sure the coaches at WHS were told by the school board this player wasn't going to be eligible to play football because of the ruckus being made over him, so they "fixed" it. The question now is why isn't he playing for SCHS? I'm sure there will be more behind the scenes action and he'll still be at WHS come next year. No matter about the kids that are going to have to move from Whitewater to another school due to redistricting. Football players like him take precidence over other children.

he keeps going tooo.... and playing forrr... WWHS..just my thoughts. I have lost all faith. Somehow ..truth.. and most of the FCBOE don't seem to go in the same sentence. Though, some who work there are nice.

he'll still be at WHS come next year.

So, no, he won't still be at WHS next year.

but if he wasn't a senior he'd still be there next year. That's the way it works.

It is still against the rules for him to be playing for WHS, if he is in the SCHS district and attending WHS on special permission. Just like my kid couldn't be in the FCHS district and attend SCHS and play sports. It's just the rules. And they're not being enforced.

So, we now know that (a) the rules were being broken and the BOE condoned it, (b) the rules are still being broken and the BOE condones it. And how about that coach! How charitable of him to find that kid a place to live in Fayette County. What a great example he sets for our kids! The whole BOE, the superintendent, and anyone else who has pulled strings for this to happen should be ashamed. I thought the BOE was (rightfully) in the process of prosecuting a family for submitting a false affadavit. Guess it's okay for the residency rules to be applied selectively, huh? It all stinks like rotten pumpkin. But hey, Happy Halloween to all out there. Gotta go take the kids on the annual hunt for dark chocolate.

Remember to set a good example and let the kids eat the dark chocolate.

It was given to them, not you.

but I don't think they make you transfer out if you started the year somewhere else, especially if you don't take the bus. I know there are the rumors of him living out of county at the beginning of the year, but if he was cleared there to start the year and is now living elsewhere in the county, it is doubtful they would make him change schools.

Also, isn't there something in the whole "new district" thing that kids can stay at the high school they are currently at as long as they don't take the bus?

Anyway it would be kind of cruel to tell a kid to transfer to a new school with about five months left in his senior year - and I speak from experience.

We have been waiting for you to look in to this for six weeks or more. You have yet to discover anything.

Can we get you to run for public office, get on the school board, or be a reporter for the paper?

Sorry to stick my nose in here, but I am new here,
But have been reading your blogs.
Here is my input. (Sorry I have no children)
Go to,
1. www.ghsa.net (Georgia High School Association)
2. Then Go To
3. General Information
A. Code of Ethics
B. Constitution and By-Laws
a. Appendix E – Eligibility Report Instructions
(Just Updated 9-20-06 ?????)

Georgia High School Association
GHSA, P. O. Box 271, Thomaston, Georgia, 30286.
Telephone: 706-647-7473.

GHSA STATE OFFICERS:
President: Gary Holmes, Brunswick, Georgia
Vice-President: Walter Wade, Atlanta, Georgia
Executive Director: Ralph Swearngin, Thomaston, Georgia
Assistant Executive Director: Gary Phillips
Associate Executive Director: Joyce Kay
Director of Media Relations: Steve Figueroa
Associate Director: Dennis Payne
Associate Director: Ernie Yarbrough

Hope I was of some help.

See Above

I read your post and checked it out - sounds like they better have a form 'B' on the lil'dude!?

Nothing would happen regardless. I have lived here long enough to know that!

Thanks for stirring the pot-

MainFrame

should be "EXTREMELY" chastised if not fined/fired for knowingly breaking the rules.

Great examples our schools are teaching our children.

It would be a learning experience for all involved. The kids would learn that breaking the rules have consequences and the other coaches in the county would get a message loud an clear as well.

Is that you? I think it is.

NO one wishes him bad, but it just seems that the school board moves heaven and earth for some...and others...they can't be bothered over. Some get a lot of attention, some get none. Some adults work hard and pay taxes, others live on those taxes.

I would like to see the BoE make an example of the coaches and other administrators that have allowed this to happen.

You're going to be hard pressed to convince me that the school principal and members of the BoE didn't know that rules were being broken.

No one wants to see the kid himself even be the focus....it's the arrogance of the school, the team, the family, and the coaches at WHS and the double standard of the BOE, especially when redistricting is moving 'legit' kids!

Just stirring the pot -

MainFrame

they were the ones breaking them!

You do not have to transfer schools if you are a senior and you move (and Dixon is). I think the intention is to allow kids to finish with their friends and schoolmates.

I think the problem here is that he was not in the county at all - which is a bigger problem - until last weekend.

Since he now lives in the county he will just be required to provide his own transportation and stay out of trouble if he is on special permission.

I am not trying to justify him attending when he lived in Clayton County - which he did. I am just sayiong that at this point - he is allowed to attend Fayette County Schools. In my humble opinion, he should NOT have attended WHS while living in Clayton County during the entire football season thus far this year.

Now, do you want to talk about the others living in that same house?? Look in to that Michael.

Just stirring the pot -

MainFrame

I agree totaly, and if Oldschool Football hadn't stated it here in the paper...it would still be going on.