the situation is completely different when a kids family moves for the family and not his basketball career.
Sadly, the 2 often go hand-in-hand.
If the difference is their kid getting a better education (Hopkins is much better academically than any public Minneapolis school, for example) while gaining exposure and better coaching in order to get a college scholarship, there is a reason that thousands of struggling families in MN pick up and move districts in order to get their kid that scholarship (whether it be for sports, academics, etc)., and I don't think many people blame them. There are those that argue that if you are good enough, you will get a scholarship regardless of where you play; I totally disagree. It's not fair, but kids playing with programs that get state and national exposure have a much better chance of being seen by colleges than some kid playing for a team that doesn't.
As noted in the Strib the other day for example, 25% of the Hopkins' senior class is open enrollment students. 25%! That means out of a team of 16, 4 of them would be transfer students, on average (which is how many the team actually has). Surely all the 200 OE students out of the 800 in the Hopkins senior class didn't transfer because they wanted to play on the basketball team.
The state of MN created open enrollment to provide opportunities for families not happy with their district and its resources to go elsewhere. There are currently over 30,000 students in MN that participate in OE. You'll always have your Eden Prairie football, Apple Valley wrestling, Duluth, Warroad, Edina, Jefferson hockey, etc. should the practice continue. If everyone is worked up about it, they should contact their local representative and work to get it changed. Otherwise, plan on more of the same.
