Purpose Region Realignment for RVA school

EPJr1947

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I see petersburg might be moving up to class 4b. Wondering if they're in agreement with that.
PHS and Richmond HSA are switching places
Patrick Henry and M'Ville to Class 3.
notice all the NOVA schools dropping down to Class 5.
notice all the Tidewater schools dropping down to Class 4.
new Chesterfield School West Ridge will be Class 5 along with Monacan.
 
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otnorot1

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Six schools in region 5B? Can't they at least balance that out with 5A?

A lot of those schools in 5D are going to want to stay in Class 6. Some of them had Class 5 enrollments last time and were allowed to play up.

Sherando always seems to find a way to avoid moving up to Class 5...
 
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Caraxes

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Sherando has been incorrectly moved to Class 5 in the past because the VHSL has mistakenly included students from Millbrook and James Wood in Sherando's numbers. I don't know if that's the case this time.

However, the whole thing could've easily been avoided if FCPS (or whoever makes these decisions) didn't have boneheads in charge. The county, facing overpopulation in schools, spent $70 million renovating James Wood only to make the overall capacity of that school smaller.
 

EPJr1947

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Six schools in region 5B? Can't they at least balance that out with 5A?

A lot of those schools in 5D are going to want to stay in Class 6. Some of them had Class 5 enrollments last time and were allowed to play up.

Sherando always seems to find a way to avoid moving up to Class 5...
they had to do something - too many schools in the region.
 

EPJr1947

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CRF4Dan

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I understand, you trying to get them out of that slaughterhouse called Region 4B
I look at it from the standpoint of an AD. Why stay in the region where you know Varina and Huguenot are standing in your way every year or you can go to 3A where there wouldn't be as much of a gauntlet.
 
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I look at it from the standpoint of an AD. Why stay in the region where you know Varina and Huguenot are standing in your way every year or you can go to 3A where there wouldn't be as much of a gauntlet.
Sooo, transfer portal to a new Region? To win? Man, let these players go where they want... (not saying you in particular-I respect your track record). But if the goal is to win, do what's best for you, right?
 

EPJr1947

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I look at it from the standpoint of an AD. Why stay in the region where you know Varina and Huguenot are standing in your way every year or you can go to 3A where there wouldn't be as much of a gauntlet.
placement is not decided by one sport no matter how dominant but the whole program so the AD and Principal may disagree with appealing. Then there is the addtional travel.
 
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