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[quote=Anonymous]For the posters saying it’s no big deal and we should get rid of varsity sports—we get it: you don’t like sports or don’t have kids that care about sports.

For the posters who have elaborate plans for how to fold space-time-personal-and budgets, you have never waded into the county permitting process or have much experience with the way rec/club/school sports are run. We live in a high density area with a lot of families who want their kids to play sports and it’s simply not possible.

Yes, it absolutely stinks when a kid plays X sport for years and that is their favorite thing to do, but then gets cut in HS. But that is life when you try out for a team with max 22 for V and 22 for JV and the school has 3000 kids. Rec option in MoCo are problematic and not the solution they could or should be for kids who don’t make the cut in HS.

We opted out of MCPS years ago and the small private where we landed (because of the academic fit) allows for greater athletic and EC opportunities for DCs. We feel there’s a real value in playing for your HS—even when their school team isn’t likely to win championships and the kids aren’t likely to get recruited for college. [/quote]

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