Predictions about Frisco ISD's financial troubles were true (Plano, Allen: theater, public schools)

[loves2read]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

It is but PISD pools 11-12 students from two schools into one senior high. This way 9-10 campuses can accommodate more 9-10 students, who are of same ages and are taking similar pre-AP or some AP courses and do not need college counseling, higher qualified AP teachers, tougher advance courses or more sophisticated labs. It's basic organization 101 to utilize limited resources and less non academic manpower in a more efficient manner.

And the football team certainly benefits

[DitsyD]

Originally Posted by loves2read

And the football team certainly benefits

What? What polls are you reading?

Looking at Saturday's DMN, the only ranked Plano team is Plano East, at #20 in 6A for the DFW area. How has a larger senior high helped the football team?

[loves2read]

1 senior high means all talent flows there vs being split between any others
For example--HEB had Bell and Trinity HS
Trinity has terrific resource because of Tongan density in its catchment and has much superior football team/history over past 25 or so years
Last good team Bell had I think was one Tommy Maddox quarterbacked...
Just because there is only 1 hs doesnt mean tesm will excel
Just that any talent goes there

[UnfairPark]

It's one of the benefits. For Plano, talent is still divided between three schools plus academies. Allen has only one high school and wouldn't add another school though they are bursting at seams and scheduling is a mess. This is the reason Frisco wants to have enough small schools so they can have their own UIL district. You know, in Texas some schools exist to support football, academics are just a pesky prerequisite.

[BayTexan]

As discussed before, let's see how the Frisco small school model scales and who bears the brunt when the infrastructure comes up for upgrades etc.

Plano for one does not exist to support football. The latest bond went towards a fine arts center among other things.

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

It's one of the benefits. For Plano, talent is still divided between three schools plus academies. Allen has only one high school and wouldn't add another school though they are bursting at seams and scheduling is a mess. This is the reason Frisco wants to have enough small schools so they can have their own district. You know, in Texas some schools exist to support football, academics are just a pesky prerequisite.

[UnfairPark]

Fine Arts always gets short end of the stick in Texas so good for Plano, number wise whole lot more students do fine arts activities vs ones on football team so this is only fair to treat them right.

[serger]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

It's one of the benefits. For Plano, talent is still divided between three schools plus academies. Allen has only one high school and wouldn't add another school though they are bursting at seams and scheduling is a mess. This is the reason Frisco wants to have enough small schools so they can have their own UIL district. You know, in Texas some schools exist to support football, academics are just a pesky prerequisite.

Allen HS has something like 1500 students in each grade. Plano high schools are in the range of 1400-1500, so about the same.

[DitsyD]

Originally Posted by serger

Allen HS has something like 1500 students in each grade. Plano high schools are in the range of 1400-1500, so about the same.

Sorry, they only have approx. 580-765 students per grade for their high schools (9th and 10th).
Clark HS ~ 1530 students
Jasper HS ~ 1350 students
McMillen HS ~ 1220 students
Shepton HS ~ 1497 students
Vines HS ~ 1160 students
Williams HS ~ 1200 students


The SENIOR HIGHs have more students:
PESH ~ 3000 students
PSHS ~ 2700 students
PWSH ~ 2675 students

[serger]

Originally Posted by DitsyD

Sorry, they only have approx. 580-765 students per grade for their high schools (9th and 10th).
Clark HS ~ 1530 students
Jasper HS ~ 1350 students
McMillen HS ~ 1220 students
Shepton HS ~ 1497 students
Vines HS ~ 1160 students
Williams HS ~ 1200 students


The SENIOR HIGHs have more students:
PESH ~ 3000 students
PSHS ~ 2700 students
PWSH ~ 2675 students

Yes, I was talking about the senior highs since benefits to football were being discussed.

[serger]

Originally Posted by UnfairPark

It is but PISD pools 11-12 students from two schools into one senior high. This way 9-10 campuses can accommodate more 9-10 students, who are of same ages and are taking similar pre-AP or some AP courses and do not need college counseling, higher qualified AP teachers, tougher advance courses or more sophisticated labs. It's basic organization 101 to utilize limited resources and less non academic manpower in a more efficient manner.

BTW, this splitting is most likely the reason, it is not possible for a PISD student to take, I don't know, Physics, for instance, before 11th grade.