dyhardballa09 wrote:It is not based on race....It is based on income. So numbers are adjusted if a certain % of students qualify for free or reduced lunch plan I believe. Don't quote me on that though...
ndlionsfan wrote:I had just looked at this yesterday and was going to start a topic on it. I think the shifts in enrollment over the past few years are very interesting. Some of the teams moving that I noticed...
Watford City, Stanley, and Enderlin/Maple Valley move up to AA and Trinity grew quite a bit so they don't have to opt up. Leaves 9 teams in the East and 7 teams in the West so don't know how they move around the regions.
Rugby, Botno, and Ryan down to A. North Border, Surrey, Central McClean, Four Winds, Hillsboro, and Bowman all move up to A from 9man.
Oak Grove, Milnor/North Sargent, Rich/Tay, West/Glen, and Hatton/Northwood (who was AA not too long ago) all move down to 9man. Velva's enrollment is now well below the A cutoff so don't know if they'll opt up.
This is all just preliminary before opt ups and maybe just preliminary enrollment numbers as well. Some of these schools enrollment could change before the plan is finalized. Have also heard talk about the board possibly going back to 3 classes. I know a survey was sent out to the schools after the season with a lot of questions about the football plan. Be interesting to see what the results end up being.
ndlionsfan wrote:I really hope both opt up because they compete well at the divisions they are in right now. That would also probably put FW back down in 9man where they belong. Wonder if Oak Grove will choose to opt up...I know they haven't had much success in A lately, tho.
dyhardballa09 wrote:I know you have to be fair with numbers, but I would hate to see Four Winds and Bowman go 11-man. Both teams would fair much better at 9-man and never be powerhouses. Remember, we have to see who Central Valley co-op's with. I saw recently their co-op with Hillsboro for JH FB was just dissolved for next year. Whoever they co-op with would most likely get pushed to A numbers. Velva didn't even field a JH team this year from what I've heard (they did 7-9 games), but they have an elementary that is larger than their high school, so wouldn't be suprised if they stay at A with the numbers rebounding. Plus, out of that 45 boys they have in 7-10, probably at least 30 will play football. Which would be enough for a competitive A team.
Also, I did not see a Strasburg/Zeeland on new plan, were they just left out accidently? Another interesting note, is Edgeley/Kulm goes from 56 boys to 36. Thats a huge drop off for 9-man! Parshall from 61 to 39. Wyndmere 64 to 43. Hatton/Northwood from 99 to 54. Those were just some big drop offs I noticed in the lower enrollment schools. 20-30 kids isnt much for a AA or AAA school, but in 9-man thats a huge difference.
lovwatchingsports wrote:They had only 10 boys in grades 7 and 8, don't know the split. They have a large 10th grade class, so after that class graduates the next year they would be hurting for numbers for a few years until the elementary grades get up there.
Flip wrote:lovwatchingsports wrote:They had only 10 boys in grades 7 and 8, don't know the split. They have a large 10th grade class, so after that class graduates the next year they would be hurting for numbers for a few years until the elementary grades get up there.
Who are you talking about?
ndlionsfan wrote: Looks like the 3 class idea is dead based on the results from the survey.....
dyhardballa09 wrote:It is not based on race....It is based on income. So numbers are adjusted if a certain % of students qualify for free or reduced lunch plan I believe. Don't quote me on that though...
The Schwab wrote:dyhardballa09 wrote:It is not based on race....It is based on income. So numbers are adjusted if a certain % of students qualify for free or reduced lunch plan I believe. Don't quote me on that though...
I am completely against adjusting the numbers based on free and reduced lunch, how is a kid in those schools worth any less then a kid who's not? Completely absurd.
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