Thanks for the tutorial. You can call it what you want. What you just explained makes it even worse but you will see what you want to see. Over the years NH has had droves of athletes transferring in. NH has multiple state championships in baseball, 1 in football and 2 in basketball over the past 10 years or so and many of the starters on those teams were transfers. Maybe you should do some research on how many of those kids used the Lyceum program to get in then dropped out. If that program was so attractive then many more students would be utilizing it and NHs number wouldn’t be falling. Many people buy a house because of where their kids will go to school. You obviously do not see a problem just changing schools district lines and changing the lives of those families. You mocking those people because of their passion shows what lenses you see out of.New Hanover is not open enrollment and has not been since 2011ish when the then principal Todd Finn requested that NHHS be changed from open enrollment to open choice - just like Hoggard, Ashley and Laney. The NHCS board approved this request. Frankly, I am surprised that you don’t know this Port. Do a little research before you post. Find out the difference between open enrollment and open choice. Your research will reveal that NHHS, Hoggard, Laney and Ashley are all open choice. None are open enrollment. If you want, I’ll be glad to meet you at the central office and we can get you educated.
It is true that NHHS has the Lyceum Academy. It is also true that Hoggard has the IB program. Students from out of district can apply to NHHS through the Lyceum Academy just like students from out of district can apply to Hoggard through the IB program. For the record, both the Lyceum Academy and the IB program produce stellar students, however, neither has had an impact on the success of NHHS or Hoggard football by the admission of out of district students. Further, neither program is an open enrollment opportunity. The open choice criteria still applies to all out of district applications for all high schools in the county.
Like Cat posted above, the reason the ADM numbers are lower for NHHS is that there is extreme opposition to re-districting. Every proposed re-districting plan that sends more than a small handful of Hoggard kids to NHHS is vehemently opposed by the well organized and vocal Hoggard crowd. Further impacting the NHHS ADM numbers is the fact that the NHCS has capped capacity at NHHS.
On a final note, you may want to do a little research on how many out of district players Hoggard had on their 2007 state championship team before throwing stones.
I know of dozens and dozens of kids trying to get into Hoggard only to be denied. The door is wide open on Market St and has been for years.
As for Hoggard 2007 team, I never said Hoggard doesn’t get some transfers. If you want to keep score on transfers I am happy to play that game.
