Homeschoolers on FCPS high school teams?
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Anonymous
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There are other homeschool sports groups too. TJ's football team will be playing against a homeschool group for their season opener this year. https://www.maxpreps.com/va/alexandria/thomas-jefferson-science-and-technology-colonials/football/schedule/ |
Anonymous
| I'd be happy to include home-schoolers on HS teams so long as those teams were no cut (i.e. there was room for anyone from the school who wanted to play). I don't think displacing school students for homeschoolers is fair. |
Anonymous
TJ would play football against a team of nuns if the opportunity arose. Their schedule is such a joke, especially now that they have to let average kids into the school. |
Anonymous
There aren't any no-cut teams at our large FCPS public school. There are cuts for everything. |
Anonymous
| Why does TJ even have football. |
Anonymous
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I’ve looked at this organization and they also have other sports. If anyone knows if others, please post. My kid attends a small private school that doesn’t have sports. He has no desire to play for his former, public high school anyway. |
Anonymous
I think this might be the website for that football team? https://nvhaacenturions.org/ |
Anonymous
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I feel like I read an article last year that VA is a Tim Tebow state and homeschooling kids could play sports at their base school.
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Anonymous
Hilarious. Not in FCPS. Its crazy hard for the real students to make the school's team. No one wants to let homeschoolers have those few spots. They can attend public school if they want to try out for a team. |
Anonymous
Are homeschoolers so competitive in sports that they would surely take up spots? I had no idea! If ur kid is someone who would barely make their high school team, what’s the point? Even if they make the team, they prob won’t get much playing time. |
Anonymous
| Homeschoolers are not good anyway |
Anonymous
Not necessarily true. I was at a club swim meet last fall and met a mom who homeschools her son. He had just turned 13 that week and was an incredibly fast swimmer. She asked what she thought he missed out on by being on just a club team versus club + varsity. Since it won’t affect him swimming, recruiting, coaching, getting times from swim meets, pool time, etc, I came up with: a few extra meets, socializing. She looked at me and said- is that it? Ok, we’re good then. -(our varsity coach provides virtually zero real coaching compared to our club coach) - serious club swimmers only typically do a single HS practice each week because it’s required, not because it’s a better practice. My kids love varsity swimming, but if you’re not already in HS and are otherwise doing a sport elsewhere, it’s not a big deal. |
Anonymous
No that bill never passes in the Virginia legislature. |
Anonymous
Plenty are and that’s the reason they are not in public school, because they are focusing on training at a higher level. These kids do not want spots on the local high school team. This isn’t an issue. |
Anonymous
Obviously, a lot of kids want to be on the team even if they won't play much. Its incredibly hard to make the HS teams for normal kid sports in FCPS public schools. No one wants homeschoolers fighting for spots--especially the parents of the borderline kids! Sorry, enroll in school if you want to partake in school activities. |