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Just watched State Lines, a program about issues facing the North Carolina legislature. Four panelists, two journalists and one legislator from each party. The Republican legislator just confirmed that they are looking at statewide open enrollment. It’s coming.
Maybe more in some places than others. But nowhere near what the legislature is talking about. For any student. For any reason. So, for instance, a high school student could attend four high schools in four years. Or conceivably, more than four.
It is not here to that scale - at least not in Wake County, and I would guess most school districts in the state. There are some magnet schools in Wake County, but not all of them. And it is impossible to enforce transfer policies when a family lies or rents an apartment in a district. But what I assume 31ocdavis is talking about is anyone can attempt to attend any public high school if there is room.
If this happens, these schools are going to have to create legit admissions offices because this goes way beyond a handful of football players transferring to Hough.
Yes. exactly. We have previously had open enrollment with limitations. They are pushing FULL open enrollment where students can choose with residency being the key factor and a school having caps. IE we can now have white only and minority only schools and affluents that dont want public option will get voucher for public and politicians can open more charter schools which have business interest. Its crazy how welfare is called entitlement, but company subsidies, and private school vouchers are not.
It just absolutely blows my mind that people uproot their family to move so that a kid can play a sport at a certain high school. I know i am growing into my grumpy old man role but still. And I already know the responses "doing it for the kid", "providing the best opportunity.." blah, blah blah.....i still stand by if you are good enough they will find you. I just got through checking out the article about what high school the starters for the super bowl teams played at and did a little digging. Anfernee Jennings, starting LB for the Patriots played at the power house Dadeville High school in Ala. with a student population of around 520 students. And some how he made it to the pro's without moving to increase his exposure, better his opportunity. He is not the only one who made it without having to move, transfer or relocate. In this day, in this transfer portal era it makes even less sense to move because most colleges aren't recruiting high schools the way they used to any ways. Why not let your kid play with the kids he grew up with and enjoy the sport while he can before it turns into the business that college has become?
Ultimately I agree with you. But to play devil's advocate - there is a massive gap in the haves and have nots. It has been referenced already but to be more specific - some schools have constant coaching turnover, which means little to no offseason program, constant changing of offensive and defensive systems, etc. so they're unable develop talent. Some schools value football more by having a weightlifting or football class during the school day with students that are hand-picked by the staff. Some schools have coaches who are better connected and have been around longer so they know how to navigate recruiting and provide sound advice while others are just trying to field a team. Some schools are located in areas of the state where they can get lots of help from people outside of the school building. So I don't think it is purely about trying to get the best scholarship opportunity (although that is what dominates social media). For some families, they love football and the school down the road or across the county line loves football more than the one they are districted to.
Reagan will pick up a transfer QB from Statesville. Add that along with the good RB that Reagan has. They will be in for good season