Yes alot of kids would go there but to think there would be 4000 and the athletes would flock there to build a powerhouse is nuts. It would still be a cps school.
All these athletes in various Catholic hs in various sports are gonna want to go play in cps leagues? Outside of basketball don't think any other public league sport is strong or even average. People complain about districts cause it would ruin football at carmel and rita but people would send their kids to the ag school? To only have 3 or 4 meaningful games, no full lower level schedule, teams dont show up. Dont see people signing up for that around here.
Lacrosse is booming at all catholic schools boys and girls. CPS even offer it?
Now districts may actually help the ag school angle if they had non cps schools on the schedule. But even then neighborhood isn't struggling financially to where it would tilt toward filling ag. Too much tradition.
I can only speak for southwest Chicago grammar school issues. People are moving, not having 7 kids, or the neighborhood has drastically went down economically. Rita, Bede, Thomas More, Bernadette, etc.
Mt Greenwood is filled but if some kids couldn't play decent sports I'm pretty sure alot would go where they could even if that meant paying.
So both things could be true. Ag school could be filled with neighborhood kids just not the higher end athletes.
