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Sittin here thinking about the upcoming realignment, thought it would be fun to mess around and give predictions.

What y'all think?

I for one would love to see Greenville back in our region, I always enjoyed those games.

I would like to see the Realignment also...gonna be fun to see. Wished there was a link to see predictions.

Heck, I'm still trying to figure out how or who they will realign!?! With the rumblings of an open enrollment across the state, may or may not be true, how do they even figure out how many these schools will have?

The current rules use the 135 Day Admissions Numbers from this year to start the process. Then they "adjust" those numbers due to the satellite schools and home school and the "we want to move this school here" numbers and they then use a committee to rubber stamp the process above board using the notes from the under the table process that was already completed.

Then they hold meetings to placate the schools who had the audacity to "appeal" the decisions made by the HSL where they listen to the school's facts and pleas and then DENY the appeal and hope they go away. If they don't go away, there is an executive session where the appeal is heard again and DENIED again (unless the proper paperwork, <-- undocumented cash, is submitted) and then the appeal may be approved and the Realignment is realigned again.....

Sounds like Rebel Fan has this figured out!!! Just don’t tell Jerome…

Underdog wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 25, 2023 5:20 pm

Sounds like Rebel Fan has this figured out!!! Just don’t tell Jerome…

OH, was that supposed to be a secret? I'm sorry!

In the 2022 realignment they switched it up and used the 45ADM numbers, and I think they only considered students in grades 9-11.
Link to the 2022 guidelines https://schsl.org/archives/5350

They never did publish their final numbers after allocating the students at various charter and magnet schools, that can still play sports at the school they are zoned for.

I'm not sure how that is going to work now, in the era of open enrollment. Example: In previous years, students at Mayo HS for math and science were allocated back to the school they were zoned for, and they could participate in athletics at those schools. Now, with open enrollment, can a student zoned for Darlington, attend Mayo, but choose to participate in sports at Hartsville or West Florence?

SF Band dad wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 25, 2023 7:33 pm

In the 2022 realignment they switched it up and used the 45ADM numbers, and I think they only considered students in grades 9-11.
Link to the 2022 guidelines https://schsl.org/archives/5350

They never did publish their final numbers after allocating the students at various charter and magnet schools, that can still play sports at the school they are zoned for.

I'm not sure how that is going to work now, in the era of open enrollment. Example: In previous years, students at Mayo HS for math and science were allocated back to the school they were zoned for, and they could participate in athletics at those schools. Now, with open enrollment, can a student zoned for Darlington, attend Mayo, but choose to participate in sports at Hartsville or West Florence?

There's gonna be open enrollment? Shoot I hadn't heard about that

Rebel-Fan-74 wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:43 pm

The current rules use the 135 Day Admissions Numbers from this year to start the process. Then they "adjust" those numbers due to the satellite schools and home school and the "we want to move this school here" numbers and they then use a committee to rubber stamp the process above board using the notes from the under the table process that was already completed.

Then they hold meetings to placate the schools who had the audacity to "appeal" the decisions made by the HSL where they listen to the school's facts and pleas and then DENY the appeal and hope they go away. If they don't go away, there is an executive session where the appeal is heard again and DENIED again (unless the proper paperwork, <-- undocumented cash, is submitted) and then the appeal may be approved and the Realignment is realigned again.....

New rules use the 45 day count for grades 9-11

For those interested here is the 135 day count from the 2022-23 school year for grades 9-11 for the largest 50 high schools in the state.

While the new rules stipulate that the 45 day count be used I figure this is pretty close to what we'll see for 5A at least

Since most schools open with large enrollments, I figure those schools who by the end of the year are still big enrollment wise have a good chance of being big enrollment schools in the fall.

Those schools in bold would be in the top 36 (since 5A these last two years was the biggest 36). 5A I believe at one point was the biggest 40 but I can't recall if the high school league has ever gone over 40 schools for 5A in it's short history.

Dorman High 2926
Summerville High 2455
Carolina Forest High 2356
James F Byrnes High 2341
Boiling Springs High 2053
Clover High 2004
Stratford High 1999
Ashley Ridge High 1926
Wando High 1876
Lexington High 1819
Fort Dorchester High 1730
Mauldin High 1712
Sumter High 1691
Cane Bay High 1676
White Knoll High 1659
River Bluff High 1647
Woodmont High 1647
Spring Valley High 1644
Blythewood High 1609
Spartanburg High 1604
J L Mann High Academy 1600
Hillcrest High 1582
R B Stall High 1553
Ft Mill High 1549
Goose Creek High 1505
Rock Hill High 1471
West Ashley High 1469
Easley High 1464
T L Hanna High 1452
Nation Ford High 1431
Gaffney High 1405
West Florence High 1384
St. James High 1383
Riverside High 1373
Wade Hampton High 1363
Berkeley High 1360
Greenville Sr High Academy 1333
Greenwood High 1331
Westside High 1327
Conway High 1326
Lucy Garrett Beckham High 1322
Northwestern High 1309
Indian Land High 1309
Socastee High 1304
Westwood High 1303
Ridge View High 1295
Dutch Fork High 1290
Lugoff Elgin High 1288
North Augusta High 1278
Chapin High 1258