If West Charlotte was moved to 8a today how are they in 3a now?!?!
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The last realignment wasn’t just based off of ADM, but also student economic data and Wells Fargo standings (which I disagree). W Charlotte serves a lower income area and really only does well in football and m b-ball, therefore, their ADM was much higher than most 3A schools.
The last adm number used was also five or six years ago. A lot of growth may have happened too.
W Charlotte had around 1600 students during the last realignment.
They were near the 4a line then but the free lunches and Wachovia points is why some smaller schools moved up to 4a and bigger schools went 3a. If it was numbers alone, they may have been in 4a. ACR and Asheville were 2 of the the schools that got moved up from 3a to 4a because of the points and less free lunches.
Yall need to stop with the free reduced lunch stuff. WC had around 1200 to 1400 students for most of the recent realignment periods. It had nothing to do with free/reduced lunch or Wachovia simply admin numbers. WC has been high low income since 1999 and they were 4A. They also had a new school built and their enrollment was capped for a few years. Since the opening of the new school their enrollment has grown tremendously the last 3 years. They also got 3 middle schools feeding them now. With the addition of another southern school it added students to WC to relieve crowding at the suburban schools.
-No one had any sympathy for WC when they played 4A with low 3A numbers for years. Besides football all the other sports have suffered being in 3A.
-No one had any sympathy for WC when they played 4A with low 3A numbers for years. Besides football all the other sports have suffered being in 3A.
So you don’t know that the last realignment used free lunch and Wachovia cup points along with adm’s ? Because they did
They were initially 4a and petitioned to come down. They were 4a for 2 years in current alignment.
Yes I do know that. You do know prior realignments WC had 3A numbers but played 4A? Their admin was what got them in 3A, not reduced lunch. You do understand that?
You do have to factor in free and reduce lunches and the Wachovia points ,when you are looking at schools that were near the cut-off line between classifications. I can't remember the exact number but I believe WC(1600s) had around 200 more than the 2 Asheville schools(1400s). If the 'clauses' didnt play a factor in it, how did the lesser student schools end up 4a and the bigger enrollment school 3a?
Definitely nothing against WC. Love the new campus and hope it blossoms. It will continue to grow also with the programs they offer. Just talking straight numbers here.
They had 3A numbers. WC would have preferred to stay 4A as most charlotte schools were 4A. They will be ok in 8A for football and it will help their basketball programs greatly. Actually 8A will be relatively easier than 4A or the old 4AA