Yeah, it’s a lot of things. I’m not even sure it’s a districting issue, they’re zoned for some big areas where just no kid from those areas goes to Garinger. You can stand out behind the school at 2:30 ish and watch every single bus head out towards Eastway. Not one heads towards Noda, plaza Midwood, the country club.
I don’t even think it’s a resource or effort issue. Like fitguy said, those kids are working pretty hard against the tide. There are kids there on course to go 0-40 over 4 years still playing both ways. They don’t have much of a booster club, but the facilities and field aren’t bad, the coaches pour themselves into it. Demographics, stigma causing kids and parents to dodge the school. Poverty making basic things like transport, attendance and grades more difficult. And as much as I’d usually roll my eyes at the term, school culture.
