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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can't Walls have its own rowing team?[/quote]

Crew is a club sport that is entirely self-funded by parents/kids.  You probably need close to $50k+ to recreate the equipment that JR has, plus pay to use a boathouse.  On top of that, you probably have $25k+ of annual expenses for coaches and what not (and out of pocket for travel to regattas).

JR crew was started in the 1980s.  The regattas told HS teams they could no longer mix HSs as private schools were creating super teams.[/quote]

Uh, you would need more than $50k to recreate the JR program. Each boat costs around $60k. JR is the only DCPS high school that can support a crew program, unlike the multiple high schools in Moco and Arlington that can afford their own crew teams. It is a real shame, as DCPS policy says if a sport isn't offered at the high school where you're enrolled, you're eligible to join a team at another DCPS high school. But because the JR crew team is run and funded entirely by JR parents, they set the rules, not DCPS.  [/quote]

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