Group:
Alex and I are working on the academic implications of transferring for high school football. While working through the GHSA rule book on transferring, I think an interesting part to look through would be how public schools allocate the funding to the athletic department of the school. I think another interesting thing to look into is the development of these booster clubs and how much they give to the athletic department. I know at my own high school, the scoreboard was funded by a single family in the community and it was a heft project, therefore public funding could go to other entities in the football program.
In terms of the project a more focused open record to request would be:
- The official transfer forms and transcripts of athletes that have transferred.
- Transcripts of students that go from private to public and vice versa.
- Some academic requirements have interesting transfer credits such as Military Science as a course at Riverside Military academy.
Individual:
- Allocations of how schools are funding girl’s programs compared to boys
- Allocations of how schools are funding girl’s basketball, soccer and track and field as the largest sports in the GHSA.