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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When we moved to Fairfax County, Virginia, I was shocked to learn that middle schools in FCPS do not have sports programs as they do in every other place I've lived. I grew up in a fairly lower-class public school system but we ALWAYS had sports programs -- I guess FCPS wastes their billions dollars of funding on other things!

In an age where childhood obesity is a persistent problem, and parents are struggling to keep screen-time under control, not offering a low-cost, convenient way for kids to experience all of the physical, emotional, and mental benefits that come with competitive sports is a shame.

So what do you expect when the kids reach high school? Hint: expect ugly soccer lol.

That said, the private school leagues are fun to watch -- schools like Gonzaga, Heights, Good Counsel, St John's Catholic, etc. all play some pretty good soccer. [/quote]

This person has an agenda.  Ecnl headquarters is in Virginia and NOVA is one of the top areas in the country for soccer. Not sure where OPs child goes but [b]90 percent of the high school soccer kids in FCPS play travel.[/b] Half our travel team goes to some of the privates listed and the other to public and it has no bearing on their ability. Obviously PP has a kid in private or has an agenda to attend all these games. Pp sounds like the military officer guy who had been here for 2 months with a MAGA agenda complaining about FCPS already with no idea of the area or the schools and telling me the month and day he was leaving here. Maybe he could put in a transfer? [b]Why people come here with these preconceived notions of hate is beyond me. No way his run down neighborhood he's so proud of could beat an FCPS school or any of the top travel teams here. He had no idea about the saturation of options already here and his kid didn't even participate in the middle school program after all that fuss. He just liked to complain about it but in no way was he going to put his kid with the  poors or those liberals. FCPS is not Gonzaga lol. And yet the kids on my sons travel team play at the same level nonetheless. Good riddance. Go back to your small town.[/b][/quote]

Did you take your medication today?

How many more kids would be playing competitive soccer during those important pre-high school years if public schools in NoVA competed in sports as the high schools do?

My kids play travel soccer because they are fortunate that we can afford the cost and can get them to/from practices and games. As a kid growing up on the outskirts of Philadelpha (not some irrelevant "small town") I was able to play competitive middle school sports without any extra cost to my family; we had practice after school, at school; and the school took us by bus to/from away games. My parents would try to make it to a game here or there if they could get off work but if they couldn't I could still fully participate in the program.

You sound like the one full of hate. And maybe you have an agenda -- I know pay-to-play travel soccer is big business in this area and a better school sports program might interfere with the gravy train.[/quote]

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