Haven't had a chance to listen to the DCG school board meeting yet but apparently the vote to join the CIML was 3-3-1 so more debate and a vote coming on that still. From those who went to or listened to the meeting heard the ones on the board that have their reservations what a lot of "what if's" like what if it means we lose more and that leads to less interest in going out for sports or what if the district does not grow (hard to believe it won't with the rate Grimes is growing right now.)
My oldest kid is starting 7th grade in the fall and sports probably won't be her thing by the time she is in HS is my guess, TBD if my younger kid might be good enough to have a chance to play in HS so it likely won't affect me either way. That being said based on enrollment DCG is already having to move up a class in sports and will have to play CIML teams in the postseason so I don't see a reason not to just go ahead and make the move now. Sure there may be some growing pains from it early but the FB team moved up to 5A last fall and did pretty well and I have no doubt the other sports will be fine too. Kids and coaches want to compete so I doubt any of the reservations about joining are coming from them.
Just another reason why I hate that we elect a small number of people to make these kind of decisions that affect way more people than the ones they represent. From talking with other parents and people in the community I think a vast majority are in favor of joining the CIML and the superintendent and AD have put in a lot of fact based information that was presented to the board that supports the reasons why it's time to make the move.
