Whitney Young - What happened?

[HRCJR]

Shocking what has happened to Whitney Young - one of CPS's premier schools.

An enrollment of 1856 but with only 19 players dressed on Friday night.

In the fall of 2015 the school went 9-1. While I acknowledge that its schedule is not very difficult, it did win 9 games. Last year they lost to Payton 14-6. In 2017 they lost 49-0.

Ignatius has beaten them by a combined 113-0 in the last two years.

If Whitney Young cannot get its act together, how can the rest of the CPS schools do it?

 

[ClownBaby]

Sure seems like outside of 4-5 schools CPS football is on life support.

 

[Penlight]

Sure seems like outside of 4-5 schools CPS football is on life support.

It sure looks that way.
You cannot make kids want to play.

 

[woody6]

I would really like to see the effect upon CPS programs if their academic school year began at a time more in line with those against whom they compete out-of-conference. The late start seems like an extreme handicap hindering an already difficult participation situation.

 

[UlbKA91]

Aligning the schedule (1st day of classes) would help. The selectives are also the CPS schools with students and parents most swayed by CTE findings. Ill take the reins of "bad guy" and also posit this theory- http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2017...thside-payton-selective-enrollment-black-data, on top of the larger exodus from the entirety ofvthe district.

 

[refref01]

These are good schools that are drawing families into them more than ever as real options over private education and I am not just talking about the CCL schools I am talking about the Latin/MPA/Lab Schools of the city. Your upper class movement into the city is fueling this as the lower income families move toward suburbia. A reversal of the 50-70's.

 

[guerinfbfan]

Starting school after Labor Day is the biggest killer IMO.

When you have a hard time getting kids to show up for school, how are you supposed to get them to show up for summer practices that start a month before school begins?

 

[CPSFan]

For the selective enrollments it can be a combination of focus on academics and declining participation on the youth level/CTE. For the neighborhood schools its often street distractions/drugs & gangs unfortunately. Football is a tough aggressive sport and many of the top athletes are prime gang recruits. Year round basketball/AAU can regularly get 30+ at tryouts even at the smaller schools.

Without principal support it doesn't matter either way. So many schools have jobs on the line if attendance and classroom performance drop, administrative priorities center on job preservation not extracurricular activities.