#88 & #82 should get more chances in my opinion.
Not sure I understand the implications inferred by this message... I do think the assertion that the WW district is not growing may be open for some debate-- not only are a lot of new families moving into the district (as it both gentrifies and "Hispanifies", due to the ultra-cheap housing stock that had lagged the appreciation in most every other market surrounding it) because people are searching for affordable single-family houses WHEREVER they can find them, but there are ALSO some fairly pricey NEW houses being built in the random pockets of open land that still exist here and there in the district. I have seen BOTH of these phenomena in action, personally-- my family home has DOUBLED in its appraised value over the last ~18 months, and there is a clutch of expensive (for Forest Park or Greenhills) new houses being built on the vacant farm land up near the Union Central Life building off Waycross, that had lain fallow and under-utilized for decades now.
In the larger scheme of creating value for homeowners in the district, those developments are ENORMOUSLY more important (and will create vastly more wealth and future life opportunities) for the residents of the district than having a good HS football team ever will. If the district can ever get its academic achievement levels up to even an average level, the housing stock in the community can even post ANOTHER ~100% appreciation on top of where it is valued today-- because, even after the last 18 months, there is STILL an enormous discount imposed on homes in the WWSD because of the very poor academic rating of the district; a house in southern Springfield Township on the WWSD side of the school district boundary is worth anywhere from 50% less (to a similar one in the Finneytown SD) to 70% less (to a similar one in the Wyoming SD)-- and Finneytown hasn't had a decent HS football team in ~50 years.
The reason WW combined their schools was to reduce the cost of education more so than improve quality of education.
Combining helps reduce staffing in student support, administration, cafeteria workers, maintenance, custodial etc.
Walnut Hills is the only other school district in the ECC that has a combined middle / high school campus and they have strict admittance requirements and maintain class numbers that do not over exert their resources (that WW just cannot provide).
Milford, Little Miami, Lebanon, West Clermont, Loveland, Kings are still growing at a faster rate than WW. Anderson and Turpin are also still seeing growth. WW population growth does not necessary mean more students to the pool as there are a considerable amount of families that chose to go private over public or, open enroll in neighboring districts if they can provide their own transportation. (WW actually struggles to even field JV/Varsity teams in several of the sports offered in conference play).
The PBL model of teaching when used correctly can help engage students however; the way WW has implemented it is one of the reasons their student achievement numbers are so poor IMO.
There is a huge value in having on campus athletic facilities.
WW does not even come remotely close to being able to offer the co and extra curricular activities that helps build community and enrich students high school experience. These experiences also helps in student achievement as an example their ECC counterparts have in their outcomes/report cards. (The new theater may help on the arts end for WW ).
As mentioned before; WWSD is cash strapped and actually cut or froze teachers pay the last 2 years resulting in teachers going on to greener pastures and hiring less experienced teachers to replace them. Transportation is another issue with a quarter of the 34 buses that need to be retired and replaced. The lack of resources in curricular, extra curricular and co curricular activities will contribute to the decline of student performance both on and off the field even with a new building.
Currently a dominating football team is what district residence can cling to the past 10 years or so but, as stated earlier, even that is coming to an end the next two years years unless the district can develop a pathway as you stated, "improve the academic achievement performance".
