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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]quick question - how would the a later MS time impact those 8th graders that may make a high school JV sports team?

I'm in favor of a later time for my middle schooler but he is also very active after school in activities (at school) and outside school.  He loves it and he NEEDS all the physical activity he can get.  
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If middle school got out later, they would not be able to participate in most high school sports. Practices would start before middle school ends. And little to no middle school sports would be an option. [/quote]

How many MS kids participate in HS sports? This is a thing?

Also, it’s not any different than kids at HB who go to their “home” HS for sports. They do it, so can the 5 MS kids who play HS sports.[/quote]
Good point. HB ends latest and they’ve found a way to make it work[/quote]

For HS. Kids at HB cannot participate in MS sports. [/quote]

But that's because they don't have MS sports at HB to begin with.  HS students go back to their neighborhood HS for sports (except Ultimate).  Do MS go back to their home MS for sports now?
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To clarify, some MS kids (eg Swanson) okay on their high School (eg W&L) when they are in eighth grade. It’s a way of playing up.[/quote]
Do we know how many kids actually do this?[/quote]

Eighth graders a can tryout for football, field hockey, volleyball, cross country, softball, baseball, lacrosse and crew- those sports they don’t offer at the middle school level. [/quote]

So if the MS move to be on the same bell that HB is currently on, this unique scenario shouldn’t be a problem since HB kids are able to get to their “home” HS in time to participate in sports. The handful of 8th graders that this applies to can also get to their HS sports practices, too. [/quote]

No, that wouldn't work. Students in HS at HB are able to do this by making their free block (most HS students have them because there are 8 blocks but most kids take 7 classes) at the end of the day and so they leave at the start of the 8th block to go to their home schools. However MS students at HB have 8 classes so they don't have a free block to be able to leave early. I think allowing HS students to participate in home school sports has to do with VHSL access as opposed to MS sports aren't something everyone is entitled to do, it's more like an intramural and not governed by VHSL but run by APS. For example FCPS has no middle school sports.[/quote]

Oh well.  I guess 210 HB middle schoolers just have to live with their choice to attend HB and relinquish official APS sports teams.[/quote]

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