HSFBfan Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 I have been saying this for years and it looks like there might be some movement towards it is the fact that NJ has just way too many schools. For such a small state they have over 600 districts. The current administration there and I dont want to make this political is looking into cutting that number to around 300. Bigger regional schools should help the numbers on their sports teams and make them more competitive. https://patch.com/new-jersey/pointpleasant/big-move-plan-eliminate-nearly-300-nj-school-districts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommygun58 Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 My 2 kids graduated from Midland Pk hs & neither had 90 in their class.Football & wrestling joined with Waldwick.It is surprising to me how well they do in other sports with such small numbers.Town population is around 7,000. My son played for the last MP team but he wanted the merge to happen in his playing years.They had only 19 players so no hitting drills.He still ended up with the Bergen Record athlete of the week & All county 2nd team linebacker that he would have chucked to be on a larger team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSFBfan Posted October 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 7 minutes ago, tommygun58 said: My 2 kids graduated from Midland Pk hs & neither had 90 in their class.Football & wrestling joined with Waldwick.It is surprising to me how well they do in other sports with such small numbers.Town population is around 7,000. So this proposal should be able to help out a Midland park Waldwick etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommygun58 Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, HSFBfan said: So this proposal should be able to help out a Midland park Waldwick etc Yes.They had more cheerleaders then fb players. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSFBfan Posted October 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 Just now, tommygun58 said: Yes.They had more cheerleaders then fb players. I've been saying it for years less schools more regional schools. You don't need a new Hs every 4 miles. Its insane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StJoesFanboy Posted October 5, 2019 Report Share Posted October 5, 2019 As long as the Catholics keep getting most of the players, it shouldn't affect what we talk we here, but yes, it will have an impact on the non-nat'l teams, which arguably are all the teams in the state. lol Education-wise, not so sure. Loss of local control, which we value. We're always 1 or 2 in nation. Can we really improve? It will reduce a lot of admin, one would think, but will new schools have to be built to accommodate combining a few districts? more busing. NJ has a lot of smart wealthy professionals. Why would they throw their lot in with the masses? Saddle River knows the template for winning in life. The Pareto principle. Catholics and privates might go on the uptick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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