Official FB Classifications -- 2024 & 2025

[sportsknowledge]

Forced consolidations will never happen. I fully believe high school sports will eventually fade away into the club landscape. Lack of coaching (because very few in schools want to do it anymore for the multitude of reasons) and roster sizes will push schools to begin dropping activities.

 

[Power_I_82]

Imagine two towns or two schools coming together and schools would be able to field JV teams that wouldn’t have to rely on freshman for every play. Quick examples.

Wausa-Bloomfield
Osmond-Randolph
Creighton-Plainview
Allen-Wakefield
Logan View-SS
Loomis-Bertrand
Sterling-Lewiston
Pawnee City-HTRS
Elmwood-Murdock-Weeping Water
Hampton-Henderson
High Plains-Stromsburg
Osceola-SRC
Elm Creek-Overton

The kids would be just fine. Parents and fans would be the toughest. If the kid from the school down the road plays over A-hole parents kid they wouldn't be able to handle it. Especially if they are losing too.

A few others:
Maywood/Curtis Med/Valley
Hayes Center/Wallace

 

[Power_I_82]

That osmond-Randolph thing didn’t see much athletic success and was ultimately derailed by parents. We will see how the wausa-osmond thing goes. Allen and Emerson Hubbard seem to have a decent thing going and doesn’t sound like either is all that interested in doing anything with Wakefield. Plainview and creighton both may someday play 11 man football if their elementary numbers keep trending up so doubt they do anything together.

People always hate the idea but probably the best thing for the kids and tax payers would be if the state stepped in and said if you don’t have a total enrollment of X(say 195 with there being 15 kids per class K-12) by 2030 we are going to make you co-op with the most logical neighbor. Would incentivize a lot more towns to get things done on their own I think.

If the state fully funded the schools they could say this. When schools are predominately funded by local property taxes the state needs to just stay out of it. Now they could say we are withholding funding. It wouldn't be popular and not sure of the legality of giving to some but not all... It will be forced out of necessity anyway. Some schools will be proactive and be ahead of the curve on it and some will sit with their head in the sand and get left behind. Electing good, dedicated school board members will be really important for many of these districts the next 10-20 years. They will need to be able to look at the long term and make tough decisions in the best interest of their district. Everyone knows the person that gets on just because they have an ax to grind. Those types of people will kill some of these small schools.

 

[just_average32]

If the state fully funded the schools they could say this. When schools are predominately funded by local property taxes the state needs to just stay out of it. Now they could say we are withholding funding. It wouldn't be popular and not sure of the legality of giving to some but not all... It will be forced out of necessity anyway. Some schools will be proactive and be ahead of the curve on it and some will sit with their head in the sand and get left behind. Electing good, dedicated school board members will be really important for many of these districts the next 10-20 years. They will need to be able to look at the long term and make tough decisions in the best interest of their district. Everyone knows the person that gets on just because they have an ax to grind. Those types of people will kill some of these small schools.

Bingo.

 

[highschoolfootballnut]

If the state fully funded the schools they could say this. When schools are predominately funded by local property taxes the state needs to just stay out of it. Now they could say we are withholding funding. It wouldn't be popular and not sure of the legality of giving to some but not all... It will be forced out of necessity anyway. Some schools will be proactive and be ahead of the curve on it and some will sit with their head in the sand and get left behind. Electing good, dedicated school board members will be really important for many of these districts the next 10-20 years. They will need to be able to look at the long term and make tough decisions in the best interest of their district. Everyone knows the person that gets on just because they have an ax to grind. Those types of people will kill some of these small schools.

100% correct, and to give the state full power is to take away local control of your own tax money and a vote for more big government. A lot of people on this site say the dont want big government or socialism ideas BUT they sure talk a different story than that