Please provide the expected number of meets and practice sessions available to APS middle- and high-school programs in a typical year, including how many schools are expected to participate and which schools will have access.
Why this information matters
Track and Field teams may compete in one (1) indoor meet, and this meet will not count as a part of the ten (10) meets allowed per athlete provided the meet is after the date for practice to begin and prior to the date to begin regular competition.
The Magic City Invitational at the Birmingham Crossplex is a single indoor track event that hosts approximately 2,000 athletes in one day. It holds a morning session for up to 1,000 athletes and a separate afternoon session expected to accommodate another 1,000.
Atlanta Public Schools has slightly more than 20 combined middle- and high-school track programs. Depending on team sizes and event-entry limits, a facility with comparable capacity could likely accommodate the entire district in a single day—potentially with middle schools competing in the morning and high schools in the afternoon.
Individual athletes may participate in non-GHSA events in [Track] as long as they do not represent their school, do not wear the school uniform, and are not coached at the event, or transported to the event, by their high school coach
There are events outside of the school sanctioned track season but the rules clearly prohibit a school from providing support for athletes in those unsanctioned events. Athletes that compete in these will have to provide their own transportation and pay any entry fees.