Rule 28A-7 transfer rule - is it Hayfield fallout or were these always to have been rules?

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Anonymous wrote:Its crazy late not to have a football coach. Has whatever team is left been even doing workouts?

Curious if all the 35 or whatever transfers have transferred out.

Would be interested to know how many landed at St James to follow the football coach- would assume that is where they are

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Anonymous wrote:Its crazy late not to have a football coach. Has whatever team is left been even doing workouts?

Curious if all the 35 or whatever transfers have transferred out.

Would be interested to know how many landed at St James to follow the football coach- would assume that is where they are

Paying 40k a year in tuition?

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Anonymous wrote:So if you transfer for Japanese at Langley HS for 9th grade, you are ineligible by default and have to make an appeal to join Debate or Football, etc. I suppose winning appeals is not guaranteed.

If you apply and are accepted to TJ, since that is a governors school, you do not have to make an appeal to play VHSL sports. You just play for TJ automatically

In reading the VHSL rules, I think this provision governs regarding an academic transfer

28A-7-2 Transfer Rules Exceptions:
5 Note (A): A student entering 9th grade for the first time after being approved to enter an academy or specialty program becomes immediately eligible in the high school provide the academy or specialty program.

So, a transfer based on academics IB to AP, admittance to TJ, should fall under this exception as long as it's done before entering 9th grade.

How is IB or AP a “specialty program” if half the FCPS schools have either one or the other. I would not make assumptions. Contact the schools’ athletic director to make sure pupil placing for AP or a language in 9th grade won’t make an athlete ineligible.

Question - if IB/AP are not considered speciality programs, how will this work? Under the new rules, an incoming 9th grader is allowed to play where their parents reside. So, can my child go to Marshal for IB but play sports for Madison because that is where I live?

No. He would play sports for the school he attends, Marshall.

. But not as a 9th grader. They are changing the eligibility requirements in2026

Yes, because he transferred before starting 9th grade. If you transfer for academic reasons before starting 9th grade, you are eligibile to play in 9th for your school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Its crazy late not to have a football coach. Has whatever team is left been even doing workouts?

Curious if all the 35 or whatever transfers have transferred out.

Would be interested to know how many landed at St James to follow the football coach- would assume that is where they are

Paying 40k a year in tuition?

Would only make sense part of hiring coach and him getting his staff to follow (which they did) is Coach gets to bring certain kids with him- free/scholarship- would only help and be smart for St James too as a winning football team is what they need as build out program.