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[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="1088330" timestamp="1319126697"]
[quote author=kicker link=topic=90129.msg1088328#msg1088328 date=1319126458]
Actually guys, lamarque had the opportunity to drop at last alignment according to one of their coaches, but decided to stay in 4a due to travel. He told me that there is enough 3a number schools in Houston to make a 3a district now. And secondly, what do we have to do to get away from those guys....geez...lolt

Wrong. Their enrollment for last realignment was 996, cut off was 990.

Like I said, LaMarque will probably have to go Region IV if they decide to go down to 3A, unless those 5-6 HISD schools finally decide to drop down to 3A.
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That's just what he told me. Probably misunderstood him. 6 kids is close though. Isn't it true that you can play in any division no matter how many kids you have, as long as you play up?
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Actually guys, lamarque had the opportunity to drop at last alignment according to one of their coaches, but decided to stay in 4a due to travel. He told me that there is enough 3a number schools in Houston to make a 3a district now. And secondly, what do we have to do to get away from those guys....geez...lolt

Wrong. Their enrollment for last realignment was 996, cut off was 990.

Like I said, LaMarque will probably have to go Region IV if they decide to go down to 3A, unless those 5-6 HISD schools finally decide to drop down to 3A.
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That's just what he told me. Probably misunderstood him. 6 kids is close though. Isn't it true that you can play in any division no matter how many kids you have, as long as you play up?
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Correct. Any school can opt to play up in any classification. You just cannot play down a class. I believe there are actually 2 schools playing 5A that have 3A numbers.
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[quote author=kicker link=topic=90129.msg1088328#msg1088328 date=1319126458]
Actually guys, lamarque had the opportunity to drop at last alignment according to one of their coaches, but decided to stay in 4a due to travel. He told me that there is enough 3a number schools in Houston to make a 3a district now. And secondly, what do we have to do to get away from those guys....geez...lolt

Wrong. Their enrollment for last realignment was 996, cut off was 990.

Like I said, LaMarque will probably have to go Region IV if they decide to go down to 3A, unless those 5-6 HISD schools finally decide to drop down to 3A.
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That's just what he told me. Probably misunderstood him. 6 kids is close though. Isn't it true that you can play in any division no matter how many kids you have, as long as you play up?
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Correct. Any school can opt to play up in any classification. You just cannot play down a class. I believe there are actually 2 schools playing 5A that have 3A numbers.
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Wow, really? I would like to see their records.
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[quote name="bronco1" post="1088420" timestamp="1319132540"]
Making a new 3A district for the Houston area would be the most logical solution but we are talking about the UIL.
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Well, that is not completely on the UIL.  If HISD again opts those schools up into 4A, there is not a whole lot the UIL can do about it
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What would be smart for uil is to make a 6a and somehow combine 3a and 4a. In my opinion, not a whole lot of difference. Talking about numbers, not talent. Basically, 4a would have a wider spectrum in enrollment so it would be like 3a anyway because you still keep 5a. Just adding another class for those schools that hqve more kids than most colleges. Lol.
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[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="1088149" timestamp="1319115191"]
I look at this way, unless something drastically happens over there at LaMarque to stop the drop in enrollment, 3A will not have to worry about them for very long.  ;) In four years time, LaMarque has dropped from 1200 to now 741. At that rate they will only be 3A for just these next two years, then down to 2A.

I also believe that with this dramatic drop in enrollment, the talent level will drop as well.

LaMarque has some bigger issues over there that has nothing to do with sports. School district is rated unacceptable and seems to be a lot of internal problems as well.

Losing almost 500 students (just over a third of the enrollment) in just 4-5 years, is very alarming and that is not a good thing, even though it drops them in classification.
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The problem is not LMISD. The problem is with the City of La Marque. The city is not growing and there is not any economic development on the horizon. The boundaries make it impossible to build new sub divisions and collect taxes. For example, there are several citizens like myself who reside inside the city limits but our tax dollars to go either Santa Fe, Dickinson, or Hitchcock.
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I assume Kicker that your advocating a wider spread for 3A enrollment in a 6A scenario which would combine about half of 4A with 3A. Say something like
3A= 501 - 1400
4A= 1401 - 2300
5A= 2301 - 3300
6A= 3301+

That would take the following locals down as such
Could have PAM and WB down at 4A
4A to 3A
LCM
Ozen
Liv
Lumberton
With PNG, Vidor and Nederland right on the cusp.
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[quote name="kicker" post="1088500" timestamp="1319138733"]
What would be smart for uil is to make a 6a and somehow combine 3a and 4a. In my opinion, not a whole lot of difference. Talking about numbers, not talent. Basically, 4a would have a wider spectrum in enrollment so it would be like 3a anyway because you still keep 5a. Just adding another class for those schools that hqve more kids than most colleges. Lol.
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How is there no difference in 3a and 4a.. If you have schools with 500 to 600 enrollment competing against schools in between 1200 and 1400.. thats a difference.. Coachs develop talent and players.. bigger school have more players to develop.. cant disagree more with your statement... classifications are their for a reason
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[quote author=kicker link=topic=90129.msg1088500#msg1088500 date=1319138733]
What would be smart for uil is to make a 6a and somehow combine 3a and 4a. In my opinion, not a whole lot of difference. Talking about numbers, not talent. Basically, 4a would have a wider spectrum in enrollment so it would be like 3a anyway because you still keep 5a. Just adding another class for those schools that hqve more kids than most colleges. Lol.
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How is there no difference in 3a and 4a.. If you have schools with 500 to 600 enrollment competing against schools in between 1200 and 1400.. thats a difference.. Coachs develop talent and players.. bigger school have more players to develop.. cant disagree more with your statement... classifications are their for a reason
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The cutoff for 3a right now is 990, however 3a is still spread out with teams of around 450 playing schools twice thier enrollment.
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[quote name="falconfanatic" post="1089126" timestamp="1319212897"]
[quote author=setx22-3a link=topic=90129.msg1089119#msg1089119 date=1319212447]
[quote author=kicker link=topic=90129.msg1088500#msg1088500 date=1319138733]
What would be smart for uil is to make a 6a and somehow combine 3a and 4a. In my opinion, not a whole lot of difference. Talking about numbers, not talent. Basically, 4a would have a wider spectrum in enrollment so it would be like 3a anyway because you still keep 5a. Just adding another class for those schools that hqve more kids than most colleges. Lol.
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How is there no difference in 3a and 4a.. If you have schools with 500 to 600 enrollment competing against schools in between 1200 and 1400.. thats a difference.. Coachs develop talent and players.. bigger school have more players to develop.. cant disagree more with your statement... classifications are their for a reason
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The cutoff for 3a right now is 990, however 3a is still spread out with teams of around[b] 450 playing schools twice thier enrollment.[/b]
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Correct. But not three times their enrollment and that would happen with a 500 enrollment playing 1400 enrollments.
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[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="1089171" timestamp="1319215661"]
[quote author=falconfanatic link=topic=90129.msg1089126#msg1089126 date=1319212897]
[quote author=setx22-3a link=topic=90129.msg1089119#msg1089119 date=1319212447]
[quote author=kicker link=topic=90129.msg1088500#msg1088500 date=1319138733]
What would be smart for uil is to make a 6a and somehow combine 3a and 4a. In my opinion, not a whole lot of difference. Talking about numbers, not talent. Basically, 4a would have a wider spectrum in enrollment so it would be like 3a anyway because you still keep 5a. Just adding another class for those schools that hqve more kids than most colleges. Lol.
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How is there no difference in 3a and 4a.. If you have schools with 500 to 600 enrollment competing against schools in between 1200 and 1400.. thats a difference.. Coachs develop talent and players.. bigger school have more players to develop.. cant disagree more with your statement... classifications are their for a reason
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The cutoff for 3a right now is 990, however 3a is still spread out with teams of around[b] 450 playing schools twice thier enrollment.[/b]
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Correct. But not three times their enrollment and that would happen with a 500 enrollment playing 1400 enrollments.
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That's quite a gap. Most classifications now run up to double the size of the smallest schools in that class, even 4A goes from 991 to right around 2100.
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[quote name="AggiesAreWe" post="1089171" timestamp="1319215661"]
[quote author=falconfanatic link=topic=90129.msg1089126#msg1089126 date=1319212897]
[quote author=setx22-3a link=topic=90129.msg1089119#msg1089119 date=1319212447]
[quote author=kicker link=topic=90129.msg1088500#msg1088500 date=1319138733]
What would be smart for uil is to make a 6a and somehow combine 3a and 4a. In my opinion, not a whole lot of difference. Talking about numbers, not talent. Basically, 4a would have a wider spectrum in enrollment so it would be like 3a anyway because you still keep 5a. Just adding another class for those schools that hqve more kids than most colleges. Lol.
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How is there no difference in 3a and 4a.. If you have schools with 500 to 600 enrollment competing against schools in between 1200 and 1400.. thats a difference.. Coachs develop talent and players.. bigger school have more players to develop.. cant disagree more with your statement... classifications are their for a reason
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The cutoff for 3a right now is 990, however 3a is still spread out with teams of around[b] 450 playing schools twice thier enrollment.[/b]
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Correct. But not three times their enrollment and that would happen with a 500 enrollment playing 1400 enrollments.
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I know and I dont agree with doing that. You will put small schools at a huge disadvantage. I was
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