When the heck are they going to be released? Then how about Districts?? We'll be lucky to get full schedules by April at this rate.
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That's what I was thinking. If they have enrollment numbers and sharing agreement stuff then there's no reason we shouldn't hear classifications soon. Then once you know classifications then it shouldn't take long to announce districts.I believe all schools had to have any sharing or dissolution of of sharing of football declared to the state by last week. So the IAHSAA should have everything they need to put out classifications and districts anytime. Then they'll probably ask each district to make their wish-list of 5-7 non-district opponents they'd prefer to play. Then the state will make schedules.
I know Tharp said don't expect schedules until after boys state basketball, but I'd think they'd release classifications and districts anytime.
That's what I think too. Makes sense.If I were betting, in those classes with 36 schools, there will be 6 districts with 6 teams. If 16 make the playoffs 1&2 are automatic and remaining 4 based on RPI...just my hunch...because it’s simple.
Will the RPI be based off district games only, or the overall schedule?If I were betting, in those classes with 36 schools, there will be 6 districts with 6 teams. If 16 make the playoffs 1&2 are automatic and remaining 4 based on RPI...just my hunch...because it’s simple.
My guess would be both.Will the RPI be based off district games only, or the overall schedule?
That's what I think too. Makes sense.
Then in the 48 team classes you have 8 districts of 6 and since there are 32 qualifiers you just have the top 4 in each district qualify. No RPI in those classes except maybe for seeding in the playoffs.
With five district and four non district games-the non district results play a big part in deciding qualifiers based on RPI.
And other stuff. Like new jobs.More than any year in recent history, the enrollment numbers may change, due to Covid related transfers, to both public and private schools, more homeschooling, and students both leaving the state, and moving in.
Might be harder to extrapolate from the previous BEDS to what we’ll see this coming year.
The BEDS numbers are out, just not in the nice neat form the IAHSAA gives them to us. Most districts didn't change a whole lot.
Heard through the grape vine that the IHSAA is confirming enrollments with districts right now and once all are confirmed they'll tell each team their classification?? Hopefully this is true and we'll know classifications soon.
I'd also think we would be hearing playoff qualifying info sooner rather than later. That's pretty important for teams choosing non-district opponents.
Forgetting the BEDS numbers for the moment, what will be the potential effect of the open enrollment changes (at least for the public schools, don’t see anything but a potential negative for private)? If I understand it correctly, in those urban districts where a diversity plan is in place, currently when students apply for open enrollment into another district, their home district has to agree to “release” them, this will no longer be the case. I could see a potential flight into neighboring districts, thoughts?
Perhaps so, I could certainly see this possibility. The local “rag” paper in the QCA has already begun the hand wringing concerning this, as opposed to asking the question what can the city districts do to make parents want to stay in their local school...what a novel concept.The term you are looking for here is called "White flight".
I haven’t seen this year’s actual numbers but have heard anecdotal evidence of some decrease, especially at Catholic schools nationwide. The real area of interest will be in urban and suburban districts to see if parents take advantage of an unhindered open enrollment policy and if parents are offered an education voucher, will they use it to send kids to private schools. You could see some significant enrollment increases at Dowling, Xavier, Assumption, Regina etc.Was there large movement in enrollments?
I'm curious what you will see for schools opting up if it makes them more competitive or if travel would be less. Every team that opts up would push another down. Will be interetsing to see when it all is finalized.
I believe schools always have the right to opt up to a higher class, although it rarely happens.
This is the correct answer. Schools may always choose to play up, they just need to inform the IHSAA by December 1. While some schools actually played “up” in the past in order to play a conference schedule in the MAC and MVC (Wahlert, Xavier, Assumption), as far as I know no school has ever volunteered to play up in the district format.
This is directly from the IHSAA football regular season manual: “Any school interested in playing up a classification needs to notify the Iowa High School Athletic Association by December 1st of the year prior to the redistricting format.”
Well as it pertains to FB, the four districts cited above have already become inconsequential. In sports requiring fewer athletes (e.g., basketball) they can field competitive teams but no doubt that will become more difficult. The voucher effect will be fascinating to watch.In the near term, open enrollment would have a bigger impact than the vouchers. The initial voucher program is small and only works for a few kids at (generally) very poor schools. Given the option of open enrolling, lots of kids will do so and this might well kill the Waterloo, DesMoines, Souix City, and Quad City athletics. If passed, longer term, the vouchers might really alter the game as an expanded private school network will add more self selection to some perennial powers. Plenty of families at Iowa City High would like a different school, but Solon is too far and Regina is down the road.
Does anyone know what the voucher programs in WI have done to high school athletics?