Officials have long speculated that a sixth high school may be needed in the city's southern area, which has experienced much growth in housing and business during the last 10 years. Athletics may suffer While easing crowding in the Carroll campus by taking away its large student population would have some benefits, however, it might have a different effect in other areas, including on the football field, basketball court and baseball diamond. Carroll's athletic department has flourished in recent years, in part because it has the largest student population pool to draw from. Tiger football teams have traditionally finished at or near the top of district standings for the past 12 years, its girls basketball team was a Class 5A state finalist in the spring and its baseball team has made several state tournament and playoff appearances. But athletics aside, Athletic Director Richard Avila said, something needs to be done.
Some relief is needed of some sort.
It's more apparent as time goes by. They've been talking about a sixth high school for the six years I've been here. With the situations in lunchrooms being the way they are, it makes it tough. Avila said adding a sixth high school would not necessarily mean draining athletic talent from Carroll or any of the other high schools from which a new school would draw students. One possibility, he said, is for a sixth school to be a magnet school for academics but not to feature University Interscholastic League activities.