So what would your kid do?

If it is a serious sport (don't have girls flag football here son not being smart I just don't know) you skip prom.  If it is just like a club thing they do for fun you call and see if the other team will reschedule if not skip the game.

When I was a kid our prom always conflicted with the state track meet. Those track athletes fortunate enough to make state went to the meet and skipped prom.  

We have a possible similar scenario with higher stakes.  I'm not trying to hijack your thread but if we make it to the finals next week, the choice for some seniors and parents is, do I walk at graduation or do I miss the graduation ceremony to play in the state championship baseball series. 

hshuler posted:

We have a possible similar scenario with higher stakes.  I'm not trying to hijack your thread but if we make it to the finals next week, the choice for some seniors and parents is, do I walk at graduation or do I miss the graduation ceremony to play in the state championship baseball series. 

 

That's an easy one!  graduations are long and boring!!!  At least prom night...  never mind.

hshuler posted:

We have a possible similar scenario with higher stakes.  I'm not trying to hijack your thread but if we make it to the finals next week, the choice for some seniors and parents is, do I walk at graduation or do I miss the graduation ceremony to play in the state championship baseball series. 

 

really?  guess I'm too hard core-   most of the population graduates from HS,   how many ever get to play in a championship? 

hshuler posted:

We have a possible similar scenario with higher stakes.  I'm not trying to hijack your thread but if we make it to the finals next week, the choice for some seniors and parents is, do I walk at graduation or do I miss the graduation ceremony to play in the state championship baseball series. 

 

I bet I know what the choice will be.  I've seen kids get their diplomas (cap and gown on) from the AD at the State championship game when it conflicted with graduation.  

Same thoughts here as FWP.....I had no idea girls flag football was a real sport, but it sounds like it is.  State Championship?  I guess it will be up to the individual.  A girl who never sees the field may head to prom.....starting QB....probably not lol.   I know if it was my son he'd be at the game....but our 3rd string RF probably would have gone to prom

hshuler posted:

We have a possible similar scenario with higher stakes.  I'm not trying to hijack your thread but if we make it to the finals next week, the choice for some seniors and parents is, do I walk at graduation or do I miss the graduation ceremony to play in the state championship baseball series. 

 

Exactly, and this is where GHSA moving baseball championship to neutral site is a poor idea (IMHO).  This happens every year, and in past years, when games were played at the school, teams could tweak schedule to accommodate seniors graduation. Now they cannot.

As for the OP, the girls have a choice to make, do I disappoint all the other girls by not being at the game where they are depending on me, or do I disappoint myself at the expense of the team.

My personal advice to my child would be that there's really no question, team first, but it's easy for me to say that since I have boys and both skipped prom in the past for baseball.  A bit more difficult for a girl. 

Nuke83 posted:

 

 

Exactly, and this is where GHSA moving baseball championship to neutral site is a poor idea (IMHO).  This happens every year, and in past years, when games were played at the school, teams could tweak schedule to accommodate seniors graduation. Now they cannot.

As for the OP, the girls have a choice to make, do I disappoint all the other girls by not being at the game where they are depending on me, or do I disappoint myself at the expense of the team.

My personal advice to my child would be that there's really no question, team first, but it's easy for me to say that since I have boys and both skipped prom in the past for baseball.  A bit more difficult for a girl. 

The neutral site thing is an issue.  I get why they do it, but we're in Florida and due to geography neutral sites are usually hours away.  The closest is baseball, and that's still a couple of hours away.

I do think the gender of the athlete comes into play.  It seems the girls are way more invested in prom than the guys.

Even my son's girlfriend - who is a total tomboy in sweats and sneakers 99% of the time is taking it seriously.  My son on the other hand ducked doing a tux fitting for so long that my wife and I had to trick him into going to the formal wear place.

I'm curious to see what will happen this weekend.

If I were the parents of the girl I would plan some type of alternate prom type party so girls could dress up and do pictures. Do a dinner and smaller scale dance.

My son would of chosen state championship. Girls maybe more into the prom. 

My kid?   He'd play in the game.  Wouldn't exactly be a tough choice for him

You still graduate if you don't walk. You don't win a championship if you don't play. You can go to a dance, party, and all that goes with it as long as you choose to. You can never go back and have the opportunity to play HS baseball once the opportunity has passed. I wouldn't even have had to ask. In fact if I said "Hey you can play a game tonight or go to the prom?" "Who we playing?"

1. Proms are a special memory that every kid should have.

2. Graduations...not so much....I would just skip that Shu

3. If my kid was a senior I would encourage them to go to Prom, if not a senior I would encourage them to go to the game.

FWP posted:

hshuler posted:

We have a possible similar scenario with higher stakes.  I'm not trying to hijack your thread but if we make it to the finals next week, the choice for some seniors and parents is, do I walk at graduation or do I miss the graduation ceremony to play in the state championship baseball series. 

 

That's an easy one!  graduations are long and boring!!!  At least prom night...  never mind.

LoL 

Nuke83 posted:

hshuler posted:

We have a possible similar scenario with higher stakes.  I'm not trying to hijack your thread but if we make it to the finals next week, the choice for some seniors and parents is, do I walk at graduation or do I miss the graduation ceremony to play in the state championship baseball series. 

 

Exactly, and this is where GHSA moving baseball championship to neutral site is a poor idea (IMHO).  This happens every year, and in past years, when games were played at the school, teams could tweak schedule to accommodate seniors graduation. Now they cannot.

As for the OP, the girls have a choice to make, do I disappoint all the other girls by not being at the game where they are depending on me, or do I disappoint myself at the expense of the team.

My personal advice to my child would be that there's really no question, team first, but it's easy for me to say that since I have boys and both skipped prom in the past for baseball.  A bit more difficult for a girl. 

Nuke - Great point but what I don't understand is not having a third Atlanta area option, like the Gwinnett Braves or Kennesaw State stadiums, for example. 

In the 7A classification, you have two Gwinnett and two teams from Woodstock. The winners will have to travel to Savannah or Rome, which takes away a lot of the students from attending the championship game. Now, it will probably be mostly parents and an empty stadium. When we hosted Mill Creek for the region championship, there were over 500 people in attendance. 

TEAM COMMITMENT

cabbagedad posted:

TEAM COMMITMENT

I'm pretty sure that not one senior would think twice about missing graduation if we win in the semis. 

cabbagedad posted:

TEAM COMMITMENT

ONLY A KID ONCE

CaCO3Girl posted:

cabbagedad posted:

TEAM COMMITMENT

ONLY A KID ONCE

I think that sums up the quandry.

You've got to pick one, and I don't think either is the correct answer in every scheduling conflict.