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Last edited by LSC Fan; 04-14-2022, 08:06 AM.
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Originally posted by LSC Fan View Post
Frisco ISD got the formula correct, IMO. If you want to have a school with a well rounded athletic program in a growing suburban area, keeping them at 5A level is the way to do it. This way your not too big where you have to field four or more Freshmen/JV squads and thus lose faces in a crowd. Also and more importantly it helps on the academic side of the coin too. I think one of the growing ISD's (Comal) which takes in a ton of territory from North San Antonio to just south of Blanco and west out towards Boerne and good chunk of New Braunfels is adopting the Frisco model with their high schools. They've added three in the last five years to relieve the enrollment of what was two medium sized 6A's which are now down to 5A. The other three have been in 4A, but that won't last long. I think they have long range plans that include up to five or more high schools potentially in the next decade or so..Cal U (Pa.) Class of 2014
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Originally posted by LSC Fan View Post
Frisco ISD got the formula correct, IMO. If you want to have a school with a well rounded athletic program in a growing suburban area, keeping them at 5A level is the way to do it. This way your not too big where you have to field four or more Freshmen/JV squads and thus lose faces in a crowd. Also and more importantly it helps on the academic side of the coin too. I think one of the growing ISD's (Comal) which takes in a ton of territory from North San Antonio to just south of Blanco and west out towards Boerne and good chunk of New Braunfels is adopting the Frisco model with their high schools. They've added three in the last five years to relieve the enrollment of what was two medium sized 6A's which are now down to 5A. The other three have been in 4A, but that won't last long. I think they have long range plans that include up to five or more high schools potentially in the next decade or so..
This scenario has repeated itself over and over and over at Allen.
In their football program NO ONE cared about W's until you hit Varsity. From Middle School to JV it's about player development and reps. Win or lose, players are on a rotation regardless of score. It can be frustrating when parents and such want to WIN WIN WIN. But it is this very model that makes the varsity a competitive team. And sooooo many players get to move on to play college ball. I know a "3rd string" receiver who played college ball and won 2 natty's.
Plus....Allen University can offer what majority of other High Schools can not, a vast array of options from health sciences(medical & lab), agriculture, and engineering to culinary arts and television broadcasting, etc. Their student opportunities are endless. No one is left out. There is something for EVERYONE.
Instead of putting money in to cookie cut other HS's campuses, whereby just duplicating the same thing over and over, they instead build new facilities to grant better offerings and specialties. The STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathmatics) Learning campus is DYNAMIC. Absolute top of the line. https://www.allenisd.org/site/defaul...1&PageID=54990
I moved from Allen 3 years ago. Now I live in a more rural area that is nice and quiet. But honestly, I sure miss the days when my kids were at Allen HS. 3 of my 4 graduated from Allen. My oldest from Plano. I do miss all the conveniences and the "mindset" of the people.
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Originally posted by ASUPops View Post
To the absolute contrary. I can only speak for Allen Universities model. It is BECAUSE they have 4 teams that a player does not get missed. FYI, several players along the years left FISD to come to Allen because they were "back ups" on FISD freshman team. They got noticed at Allen University because they had an opportunity to start on a JV team. Then went on to a great football career.
This scenario has repeated itself over and over and over at Allen.
In their football program NO ONE cared about W's until you hit Varsity. From Middle School to JV it's about player development and reps. Win or lose, players are on a rotation regardless of score. It can be frustrating when parents and such want to WIN WIN WIN. But it is this very model that makes the varsity a competitive team. And sooooo many players get to move on to play college ball. I know a "3rd string" receiver who played college ball and won 2 natty's.
Plus....Allen University can offer what majority of other High Schools can not, a vast array of options from health sciences(medical & lab), agriculture, and engineering to culinary arts and television broadcasting, etc. Their student opportunities are endless. No one is left out. There is something for EVERYONE.
Instead of putting money in to cookie cut other HS's campuses, whereby just duplicating the same thing over and over, they instead build new facilities to grant better offerings and specialties. The STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathmatics) Learning campus is DYNAMIC. Absolute top of the line. https://www.allenisd.org/site/defaul...1&PageID=54990
I moved from Allen 3 years ago. Now I live in a more rural area that is nice and quiet. But honestly, I sure miss the days when my kids were at Allen HS. 3 of my 4 graduated from Allen. My oldest from Plano. I do miss all the conveniences and the "mindset" of the people.
Please share!
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Originally posted by ctrabs74 View Post
ISD's in San Antonio and Bexar County are a confusing jumble to me, especially with multiple ISD's within San Antonio city limits. But, I'd agree that Frisco has the right strategy compared to Plano and Allen.
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Originally posted by LSC Fan View Post
Yea they can get kind of confusing up there. But basically if you take the north part of Loop 410 where it intersects with 1-10 on the east and then on the west side, anything north of that which includes the Northside ISD, Comal ISD and Boerne ISD are the high growth districts in SA. With the later two being some of the higher growth in the state.
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My son started a new career and has been commuting to SA from Austin. But now they are moving to SA area. He wants me to move down there. He & my daughter-in-law suggested Boerne.
I had never heard of it. Planning on taking a trip there very soon to check it out.
Thank you so much for the info!
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Originally posted by ASUPops View Post
My son started a new career and has been commuting to SA from Austin. But now they are moving to SA area. He wants me to move down there. He & my daughter-in-law suggested Boerne.
I had never heard of it. Planning on taking a trip there very soon to check it out.
Thank you so much for the info!
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Originally posted by ASUPops View Post
My son started a new career and has been commuting to SA from Austin. But now they are moving to SA area. He wants me to move down there. He & my daughter-in-law suggested Boerne.
I had never heard of it. Planning on taking a trip there very soon to check it out.
Thank you so much for the info!Last edited by LSC Fan; 04-15-2022, 09:41 PM.
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As soon as I rack up the last 3 step Houston locality pay I will probably join you both in about 10 years or so. However if Texas turns blue with the higher taxes that come with it then Tennessee is looking like a great option. They are what Texas was 20 years ago with no state income tax and cheaper property taxes.
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