PNG and growth?

[AshlyHasBeen]

3 hours ago, FearTheSpear said:

1,000 more students?  I’m not sure what our screenshot was but I’m assuming it was around 1800.  We’re a large D2.  D1 starts at 1903 if I’m not mistaken.  1,000 more kids would be comfortably in 6A which isn’t what I was implying. 

PNG turned in 1650. Top of 5A-DI is 2274. So before the number changes that’s a difference of up to 624. They currently miss the DI cutoff by 253. It would be insane to opt up from a division they’ve been succeeding in competing against schools their own size. 

The 1,000 spread I referred to is the bottom of 5A-DII to top of 5A-DI. 

[jimbob82]

Some more craziness in district lines, at one time and still may be today, the power house located in orange county was in the PAISD taxing entity???  Go figure that one...

 

[FearTheSpear]

12 hours ago, AshlyHasBeen said:

PNG turned in 1650. Top of 5A-DI is 2274. So before the number changes that’s a difference of up to 624. They currently miss the DI cutoff by 253. It would be insane to opt up from a division they’ve been succeeding in competing against schools their own size. 

The 1,000 spread I referred to is the bottom of 5A-DII to top of 5A-DI. 

Multiple schools have been opting up with success.  Desoto being the first that comes to mind.  Hopefully UIL gets their together and we’re back in region 3 with schools closer to us in proximity.  

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[BMTSoulja1]

22 hours ago, pakronos said:

Bent Tree apartments located on Lake Arthur, had kids getting off a pnisd bus. Those apartments is about a mile from memorial high school. I live in Groves. 3 blocks to the west is paisd, but I’m zoned in pngisd. My daughter “lives” with my mom to go yo memorial lol

Depending on what part of Lake Arthur drive, the street it’s self is about 2 blocks from the actual MHS campus…

[BMTSoulja1]

18 hours ago, WOSdrummer99 said:

I dont know bout them. But ours isnt exactly perfect either. One block from a WOS school is LC-M district.

I thought everything north of I-10 was LCM and south was WOS…. 

[outanup]

6 hours ago, jimbob82 said:

Some more craziness in district lines, at one time and still may be today, the power house located in orange county was in the PAISD taxing entity???  Go figure that one...

 

Obviously done before Bridge City was incorporated...... Really a smart move on PA's part years ago......Still doesn't make sense....

 

[Austin1985]

7 hours ago, jimbob82 said:

Some more craziness in district lines, at one time and still may be today, the power house located in orange county was in the PAISD taxing entity???  Go figure that one...

 

That's the City of Port Arthur.  Not PAISD

[Austin1985]

I posted the website which you can look at every school district boundary in the state.  Look at so you won't be so confused

[BEARCPA]

1 hour ago, BMTSoulja1 said:

I thought everything north of I-10 was LCM and south was WOS…. 

There is a good chunk of area north of I-10 (goes about halfway up to Mauriceville) zoned to WOS. There is also part of a neighborhood south of I-10 that is zoned to LCM, which I didn't know about before looking at the map Austin1985 posted.

[dBerrySports]

If PNG were to opt up to 5A D1 for this next round of realignment, I assume they'd be back in Region III, and if they are, they'd be sharing it with Randle (for sure) and Iowa Colony (maybe). Angleton and La Porte could move up depending on what the cutoff numbers are, but replacing them with Randle and IC would be just as tough, if not tougher. And you'd still have PA Memorial

[prepballfan]

PNG is not opting up. 

[FearTheSpear]

47 minutes ago, prepballfan said:

PNG is not opting up. 

Yea not with those numbers.  I thought they’d be closer to the cutoff, I was wrong.  

[1970]

Question:  How does opting up affect income for the school, if at all?  Presuming larger stadiums, larger attendance, etc.  The schools get a percentage of the gate, same as the Refs?  

[PhatMack19]

On 12/8/2025 at 3:06 PM, AshlyHasBeen said:

The long drives are only for football, so honestly it's not a huge deal. 

Getting out of school at noon 7 different times for half days is pretty inconvenient for majority of people that actually work for a living.  

[AshlyHasBeen]

4 minutes ago, PhatMack19 said:

Getting out of school at noon 7 different times for half days is pretty inconvenient for majority of people that actually work for a living.  

It was 4 in the regular season. PNG chose to have an early release to travel to La Porte and Splendora. Those aren’t 3 hour drives. But those four days were also built in the original school calendar.  So parents had plenty of time to plan. You can’t really do anything about the playoff releases. 

[OlDawg]

56 minutes ago, AshlyHasBeen said:

It was 4 in the regular season. PNG chose to have an early release to travel to La Porte and Splendora. Those aren’t 3 hour drives. But those four days were also built in the original school calendar.  So parents had plenty of time to plan. You can’t really do anything about the playoff releases. 

Going between La Porte & Beaumont, Port Arthur, Port Neches, Nederland, etc. isn't a bad drive as long as I-10 isn't messed up. Any further west or south of La Porte gets to be a mess as you get into more of the metro congestion. La Porte is kind of the end of the road on the east side before the metro-mess.

Just don't let @Big Daddy Cool drive, or who knows where you'll wind up. Louisiana is a good bet. 

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

10 minutes ago, OlDawg said:

Going between La Porte & Beaumont, Port Arthur, Port Neches, Nederland, etc. isn't a bad drive as long as I-10 isn't messed up. Any further west or south of La Porte gets to be a mess as you get into more of the metro congestion. La Porte is kind of the end of the road on the east side before the metro-mess.

Just don't let @Big Daddy Cool drive, or who knows where you'll wind up. Louisiana is a good bet. 

In bold: that man was damn near headed to Lake Charles trying to find Memorial Stadium here in Port Arthur 🤣🙃