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[Anonymous]

Plenty of schools in VISAA to beat and compete with. VISAA is basically every private school in Virginia and has two divisions. But sad that SSSAS used to be a top contender in VISAA Div 1, and are now likely middle of the road VISAA Div 2.

[Anonymous]

All of these schools could resolve their lack of athletic numbers in 2 years. Reduce the number of non-academic related salary and actively reach out and allow athletic facility use by not trying to turn a profit.

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Anonymous wrote:All of these schools could resolve their lack of athletic numbers in 2 years. Reduce the number of non-academic related salary and actively reach out and allow athletic facility use by not trying to turn a profit.

You mean like the IMG model

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plenty of schools in VISAA to beat and compete with. VISAA is basically every private school in Virginia and has two divisions. But sad that SSSAS used to be a top contender in VISAA Div 1, and are now likely middle of the road VISAA Div 2.

Exactly. So the question for parents is at $55 k/year or at least $220 k / 4 year hs term, what are you getting out of it from a lax perspective?

[Anonymous]

Are you saying that solid lax recruits are choosing Landon over sssas because it’s cheaper ? That is not the reason. Please. And it’s not cheaper anyway - both are about 55k.

And, most kids at sssas couldn’t handle the rigor of St. Albans and they know that.

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Anonymous wrote:All of these schools could resolve their lack of athletic numbers in 2 years. Reduce the number of non-academic related salary and actively reach out and allow athletic facility use by not trying to turn a profit.

You mean like the IMG model

Close to 40% of the school's staff have nothing to do with education. The administration is bloated with assistants to the assistant in every manner. Landon and GP are not different in this way either, and it's been eroding those campuses too. Next, stop running the facilities like a profit center. There is plenty of time during the day for the AD to reach out to volleyball, lacrosse, basketball, baseball/softball... organizations for them to use the campus. Be creative and schools will grab some of those participants and plenty of participants who can afford the tuition if they think the school is worth it. Until Landon and ML had a big fight, ML used their fields a ton. NL runs summer camps there under very friendly terms. DCE is at Bullis and now GP. NL is at STA. ML is now at EHS. I will bet it pays dividends for their lacrosse team.

[Anonymous]

Honest question... is SSSAS struggling to attract good students?

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Anonymous wrote:IAC is fraying. If one of their teams jumps ship for MAC or WCAC then maybe IAC will try to expand by picking up Heights.

My crystal ball shows the following:

Prep goes independent. (Hoyas want nothing to do with the WCAC)

St Stephen's joins the MAC

EHS is already a member of the VISAA so they are fine.

Landon, STA and Bullis join the MIAA.

Totally agree on your Prep, Landon, STA and Bullis predictions. St Stephen's is already a member of VISAA too, but think both EHS and Saints join the MAC. The bigger problem for St. Stephen's is that they not only don't have the numbers for a JV team, but early word is that they don't have enough for a squad this coming Spring. Will be interesting to see what type of team they feel like they can field with fewer than 12-15 going out for the sport.

The SSSA take is fake news. Total garbage….

Fact. You may have a couple cross-over for defense or D-mid from football or wrestling in the winter for spring, but simply not enough bodies - especially no IAC-level competitive FOGO or goalie. Even if you can find and field warm bodies. Who in the IAC or VISAA can Saints really beat? Not enough boys at the school and too many sports diluting the pool. At end of day, Landon is cheaper. EHS and STA are comparable with their standard aid for recruited student-athletes. Prep is at least 10k cheaper. And Gonzaga and St. John's are at least 15k cheaper. All are more competitive and do a better job of helping get kids seen by coaches, play the best competition and get committed at schools that they aspire to. Six wins season before last. Three wins last season. Depending on scheduling, would be shocked if they can muster more than 1 or 2 wins this Spring. Saints boys lax is done.

Maybe it’s a broader change of focus for the school because girls lax is right behind them. They have one non senior that gets significant playing time and she was a transfer. Outside of that class they have made no effort to develop players. Maybe the coach is leaving and the school sees it as an opportune time to make a shift. It’s strange because both the head of the entire school and the head of the upper schools’ kids benefitted from the lacrosse program.

[Anonymous]

Saint Stephen’s and Episcopal have never been known for their academics.

They serve a much market as Alexandria public schools are horrendous and the only other private in their neck where they compete against is Bishop Ireton.

It’s a shame how much the boys lax program has dropped post covid as they were extremely competitive for well over a decade and sent some of their players to some very select universities.

The headmaster decided to go woke about 6 years ago and it’s finally catching up with them.

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Anonymous wrote:Saint Stephen’s and Episcopal have never been known for their academics.

They serve a much market as Alexandria public schools are horrendous and the only other private in their neck where they compete against is Bishop Ireton.

It’s a shame how much the boys lax program has dropped post covid as they were extremely competitive for well over a decade and sent some of their players to some very select universities.

The headmaster decided to go woke about 6 years ago and it’s finally catching up with them.

yuck. go woke go broke.

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Anonymous wrote:Saint Stephen’s and Episcopal have never been known for their academics.

They serve a much market as Alexandria public schools are horrendous and the only other private in their neck where they compete against is Bishop Ireton.

It’s a shame how much the boys lax program has dropped post covid as they were extremely competitive for well over a decade and sent some of their players to some very select universities.

The headmaster decided to go woke about 6 years ago and it’s finally catching up with them.

yuck. go woke go broke.

Prominent example of a bloated administration. https://www.sssas.org/saints-life/our-inclusive-community

[Anonymous]

Way too much emphasis and $ spent. https://www.episcopalhighschool.org/community-and-equity

[Anonymous]

Guess your dumb theory only applies to boys lax? SSSAS girls went 22-5 last year and their '26 class alone has 10 D1 commits, including 3 Ivies. Coaching matters. Feeder programs matter. Talent matters. Girls lacrosse is growing and boys is shrinking at all levels in DC metro area. Give the new SSSAS boys coach some time and stop trying to blame DEI for your snowflake's lack of success.

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Anonymous wrote:Guess your dumb theory only applies to boys lax? SSSAS girls went 22-5 last year and their '26 class alone has 10 D1 commits, including 3 Ivies. Coaching matters. Feeder programs matter. Talent matters. Girls lacrosse is growing and boys is shrinking at all levels in DC metro area. Give the new SSSAS boys coach some time and stop trying to blame DEI for your snowflake's lack of success.

Yeah the title thread is Boys 2027 lax commits.

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Anonymous wrote:All of these schools could resolve their lack of athletic numbers in 2 years. Reduce the number of non-academic related salary and actively reach out and allow athletic facility use by not trying to turn a profit.

You mean like the IMG model

Close to 40% of the school's staff have nothing to do with education. The administration is bloated with assistants to the assistant in every manner. Landon and GP are not different in this way either, and it's been eroding those campuses too. Next, stop running the facilities like a profit center. There is plenty of time during the day for the AD to reach out to volleyball, lacrosse, basketball, baseball/softball... organizations for them to use the campus. Be creative and schools will grab some of those participants and plenty of participants who can afford the tuition if they think the school is worth it. Until Landon and ML had a big fight, ML used their fields a ton. NL runs summer camps there under very friendly terms. DCE is at Bullis and now GP. NL is at STA. ML is now at EHS. I will bet it pays dividends for their lacrosse team.

And this is the way out, unless the woke culture has become so engrained in those schools. These schools probably view any male sports as toxic and they want to slide to much lower competition.