The headline is about a LAUSD High School not having enough football players. That is NOT the story. LAUSD wants an $18 billion bond (principal plus interest) while having a massive high school with less than 500 students. That is about 125 students per grade. This is in a totally minority area of LA—that means the minorities are fleeing the government schools. In 2022, LAUSD has less than 9% white students.
Close the school with little or no students and spend that money on the needed repairs. Today LAUSD has slightly over 400,000 students, down from over 600,000. By 2030 it will have less than 350,000—and that ONLY because the children of illegal aliens are replacing American citizens in the schools.
This is not about the end of a football team—it is about the end of government education in Los Angeles—by CHOICE.
Historic L.A. high school football program may not field a team this season
by: Austin Turner, KTLA, 8/17/24 https://ktla.com/sports/a-historic-los-angeles-high-school-football-program-may-have-to-sit-the-upcoming-season-out/
A former high school football powerhouse in Los Angeles, which has won multiple state championships since the turn of the century, might not be able to field a team this upcoming season, officials confirmed.
In a statement to KTLA, a spokesperson with the Los Angeles Unified School District said Crenshaw High School, located in L.A.’s Hyde Park neighborhood, may not have enough players on roster to play a football season.
“Crenshaw High School has a longstanding tradition of football excellence. However, the number of players cleared to participate this year has dipped below the level needed to field a football team,” the spokesperson said. “The school is taking every step to include student-athletes interested in playing the sport and remains hopeful the season can still be played as scheduled.”
According to Eric Sondheimer of the Los Angeles Times, Crenshaw’s enrollment has dropped below 500 students. Of that student body, just 12-15 joined the football team.
Crenshaw has a storied history that’s produced more than two dozen NFL players according to Pro Football Reference, including current Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Daiyan Henley.
The school’s first game is scheduled for Friday against Fairfax, but as of Saturday, it’s unclear if that game will be played.
Just to set the record straight Crenshaw has only won one state championship and that was in 2017. Please print the truth.
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