Quote Originally Posted by d0tc0m View Post
I wish I could say Celina would be in Div. II for a long time. But unless the economy goes way south again and spurs the growth the experts say is coming, I'm afraid the Bobcats are on a Div. II (and more realistically a 4A) farewell tour. We're not far away from playing the Lovejoy's, McKinney's, Prosper's and probably the Frisco schools on a regular basis. I can't see anyway we stay Div. II next realignment, and if what people are saying is true, we could be 5A Div. II by the 2020 - maybe 2022 - realignment.

I wish we could funnel all of our growth to Prosper schools and keep Celina in the small-school ranks. But the sad reality is the war machine that is the DFW Metroplex is powered up, moving north and swallowing up everything. Small-town football in North Texas is going the way of the dinosaur, sadly. I wish there was a way to keep Celina - and all of our old familiar north Texas friends - small forever, but I suspect that's as futile a hope as trying to stave off time itself.
Gas the buses up, because by the time you make it to 5A D2 almost all the schools you named will be 6A or 5A D1.

Lovejoy may still be 5A D2 for one cycle when Celina comes up, however if the growth continues in this economy then Celina will pass Lovejoy (unless Celina starts building more campuses).

Prosper may drop back down from 6A to join you, but there will be at least two Prosper ISD High Schools by then.

Frisco plans to keep all their schools 5A D1, but lack of state funding has thrown a monkey wrench in that plan. They may need to let a few schools go 6A and hold off on new campuses.

McKinney North should be 6A, however they could drop if McKinney finally builds the 4th high school.

Here are Celina's current numbers:

Celina HS:
https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sa...&key=043903001

Celina JH:
https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sa...&key=043903041