Ugh, you are right. Football at Garinger is just brutal. Credit to the kids that come out for the team, practice and play on Friday nights. Can't be easy knowing you have close to zero chance every Friday night. When was the last time they had a competitive team? What the heck is wrong at that school that they are this bad year after year? Almost seems like they should give thought to dropping the program if they aren't going to put the effort and resources into at least attempting to be somewhat competitive.
Demographic changes and redistricting have hit Garinger hard both academically and athletically.
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.
The year Garinger opened in 1960 they won the state championship. After that they were very good for maybe 10 years, or so. They played for at least one other championship in the early 1960's, and lost. Some time roughly around the 1980's or 1990's the bottom fell out.
I am pretty sure former 49er WR Dwight Clark from way back in the day was a Garinger alum. Does Char Meck schools have open enrollment? If not, seems like they would have enough kids in their district to at least be respectable and there would not be kids in their district fleeing to other schools that have good football teams. It also seems like the Char Meck school board would let the Garinger administration know at some point that if they don't show some improvement in football, their program could be suspended. If they have the power to do that. It's one thing if a school loses 20-30 in a row then gets a few wins. But what is going on at Garinger is an embarrassment to all concerned. And that isn't a shot at the kids playing and the coaches. I am sure they do the best they can.
No open enrollment, just a lot of games to be played if you want to move your kid. Mostly by design. There’s obviously the magnet, charter, then private route if you can afford it. Or you can move if your kid has talent and wants to play at a high level. There are other less ethical ways to do it, but that’s a whole other rabbit hole and as far as I can tell the majority of parents go through the normal routes.
