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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A new school without sports teams won't feel like a new school.  Sporting events are usually the largest event a high school hosts and the thing that ties the community together.  I think the new school won't have many athletes attend until the sports are up and running at a level comparable to other HSs.  Will be an interesting mix of students at the new school.[/quote]

Schools start somewhere and that normally means without varsity sports. There will be sports, they will be new and will develop their own identity.

It is a small subset of the population that is focused on sports and more sports. It doesn't tie together the community; it ties together the people who thinks that sports are all important. I get that the people in that subset think the rest of the community are nerds or unpopular or lack some sense of community spirit but really, we are focused on other things.

Feel free to opt out so you can attend football games or basketball games or whatever you want to do. But most of the kids attending HS are not going to the games or care that much about sports. But yes, I suspect the hard core "Sports = Community" group will opt out and will pupil place out for a bunch of years.

You have a choice for the first few years. After that, you can pupil place to a different HS, Oakton can aim for AP/Japanese. Have at it. [/quote]

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