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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you care if she transfers? If she isn’t a starter and didn’t play, it will change nothing except the kid will be happy.

I mean isn’t she at the new school? Sounds like she was committed to leaving and left. Let her play![/quote]

This scenario creates two challenges - one for the player and one for VHSL.

Assuming this statement about her being a non-impact player was just made by others as justification to accept the athletic transfer, what happens if the player does start or plays a lot? This places the player in a no win situation. If she starts or plays her true intentions for transferring will be questioned and would seem to validate what many on this board have been saying, the change was really about sports.

If the VHSL allows any player to simply transfer because the student was “committed to leaving and left” how would they ensure fairness of play and competition? This opens the door for players in any sport to leave for whatever school they believe has the best team, coach, academics, most friends, presents the best opportunity to receive college offers, etc. Recruiting at the high school level becomes an even bigger reality in this situation. Their rules are in place to protect all.

Hopefully this situation has brought light to the fact LCPS and VHSL have different transfer rules. LCPS has to grant a transfer student waiver before the VHSL will consider the matter. One does not guarantee the other. Hard lesson learned, but one others should keep in mind for the future.[/quote]

What it does is show that this is not good. If  someone decides a school transfer has merit based on mental health or bullying then it should be across the board waiver. Playing sports or being involved in extracurriculars are positive ways to heal so it should be all or nothing and consistent. Hopefully this at least shines a light on that. And for any athlete needing to transfer in Loudoun it’s just sent a message you better have the funds to rent or buy in the desired location or have the funds to go private, and that’s out of touch for many.[/quote]

This is not the first time a student has been accepted by LCPS and denied by VHSL.

I don’t know the details presented by this student to secure the LCPS waiver, but isn’t the threshold for changing schools low and simply based on capacity in Loudoun County? If the school has room transfers are usually granted assuming the student can get to/from school with their own transportation. The student then applies for a waiver each year. The vetting process for approving a change in schools by the LCPS is not too strict.

The VHSL is completely separate from LCPS. They are responsible for ensuring fair play in sports across the state. Their policy is clear in that transfers accepted by a new school will be required to sit out of sports for a year. The exception being students moving into the new school district.

I’m not saying this is the case with this one student, but with schools setting the transfer bar so low based on capacity the potential for schools to recruit athletes is real. To discourage this behavior and keep sports fair the VHSL enforces the one-year ban on playing sports. I would imagine the bar is very high for the VHSL to allow a transfer. Clearly, in their minds it was not met in this case.

This student’s parents knew the rules, or should have known them. There should not have been any expectation on their part of a waiver approval by the VHSL, especially when others have been denied in the past. And while their intent for seeking a waiver may have been good, they have to understand not everyone’s intentions are and respect the VHSL’s decision to enforce their rules to protect sports. Not maintaining a high bar for sports waivers could lead to recruiting chaos.[/quote]

I have no clue—I figured there was a formal process to transfer that required documentation of a legitimate reason and that this one was granted based on the child’s situation at the previous school. What is inequitable and probably a lawsuit waiting to happen is the inequity that the sports waiver presents. Only athletes are potentially penalized if they have a documented need to transfer. So let’s say an actor whose drama teacher doesn’t see them as a star wants to be the lead in plays or wants to be at the new school with the fancy theater or art studio or isn’t the first chair in their instrument at their school so wants to change or wants to be at a school with a higher academic reputation to win on the math competition they can just switch schools if there’s room with no penalty? I get the need to keep sports equitable but these other things are competitive too plus they are huge advantages in college admissions, so it seems like only athletes can be penalized for making a move—whether it’s just for sports or there is a personal issue at a school. [/quote]

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