<p>Hi, my school (that im transferring to) is known to send plenty of kids to top schools, but they are missing a crew team and a lacrosse team, next year. How would i get support to start these teams? These teams both look good on a college app and I love these sports, getting recruited would be a blessing. How would I get the Board of Education to approve? Any way possible is appreciated, thanks! (What sport should I start first, they are both spring sports and I probably can't do 2 in one season, what would get me more credit from colleges?)</p>
<p>If you want to add a team, is there an athletic director for your school? I would think talking to that person would be a starting place. I know our kids’ private high school did not have lacrosse because it was a fairly small school, and they only had so many kids to field teams with. So our athletic director put the brakes on adding it. Our school does have some sports they share with other (mostly private) schools, though – so our kids go to other schools for sports if they want to play football or swim, for example. The school also has to agree to pay a coach’s salary, equipment, team transportation, etc. It is not an easy thing to start a new sport at a school. </p>
<p>A club sport might be easier to add, but if you are going to use school property the school is going to have a say because they have liability for what happens on schools property.</p>
<p>So… be a little wary of being “that kid” who transfers in, is critical of what your new school doesn’t have, then kvetches all year about how they refuse to add the activities you want. You could make a kind of splash that you don’t intend to…</p>
<p>The school is a public school, does that change things?</p>
<p>Well, they are less likely to have any money to pay a coach or buy equipment or transport a team. If you really want to play one of those sports, see if you can do it at another nearby school or through a local club. I wouldn’t worry about “getting credit from colleges” – that is not a good reason to undertake something like this. </p>
<p>I can ask to do it at my current school, which is amazing at both academics and sports, sending kids to both ivies and d1 schools, but the transportation from one school to the other would be tough</p>
<p>Crew shells are extremely expensive and no one lends them out, so if you’re interested in rowing I’d suggest looking for a local club you can join.</p>
<p>Those sports seem like expensive sports that signal upper-class origins, which may cause them to be favored by those who prefer people from upper-class origins without explicitly stating so. For example, see <a href=“Businessweek - Bloomberg”>Businessweek - Bloomberg; .</p>
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<p>The high costs may be a deterrent for a public school trying to stretch every dollar.</p>