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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is ridiculous to you, the poster, based on your life circumstances and how your family spends the summer and plans time. It is not ridiculous to working families with limited vacation time since these try outs give high school kids a free August activity.  Most schools also have at least one sport that all kids are accepted on the team for (even if no playing time) so having kids do the free sports try-outs and practices are a good low cost August activity.  At my child’s school for the fall, the cross country team will accept all students so if a child is cut from soccer, they can then join cross country.  The fall sports season games begin the start of school so kids get in a full season before then trying out for winter sports.  So while this early August start schedule is not great for everyone, it is good for many and there is not a clear better alternative.  Also, for parents with the money to travel and vacation for two months of the summer, or for those who hav ether money to have their child in a summer paid sport,  they can also spend the money to put their child on a paid sports team for Fall if the HS team schedule is not to their liking. [/quote]

So how do these kids get to the practices that are mid day if they have a single working mom?  We live over 4 miles away from our high school, the last 2 in heavy traffic, and the closest bus route is 1.5 miles away. Seems like HS sports are much more set up for the entitled kids. [/quote]

Some kids at my child’s school bike even in heavy traffic areas. Lots of parents hustle to sort out carpools or to barter for rides.  Some kids have friends who drive already and can drive them.   Sometimes, parents drop kids off near the school just super early.  Some kids walk/bike to the nearest bus stop even if a mile or two and then take the bus.   Some walk despite it being a long walk.  These are teens not elementary school kids so most who have adults unavailable to drive them places have already sorted out ways to get places without parent involvement.  This is of course not ideal but it seems teens do manage to get to try outs.  And yes of course teens who have a parent in place with flexibility to drive them to try-outs mid-day do  have a leg up but that is sadly true for all of school type things.  [/quote]

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