I think he's referring to Jenning's post.... No questions should be raised, Out of state students are allowed to pay tuition to go to school from neighboring counties to attend Tazewell County Schools, (or any other county for that matter), they can play sports (per VHSL Rules) if they enroll before freshman year.. If they do this after start of freshman year, they can't play sports if they live in a different attendance zone. Tazewell County has 10 times as many kids attending school from McDowell and Mercer Counties that do not play sports as opposed to those that do. Some counties don't require the extra tuition, it isn't much, like $250 per semester because they get funding from the state based on head counts at the beginning of the year. That's my limited knowledge of the situation, but I think it's pretty accurate.