The main event: Get OKC schools out of Class 6A

Oklahoma City Public Schools football needs help from its district leaders. Adult supervision has been lacking.

Someone has allowed certain OKC schools — notably Northwest Classen and U.S. Grant — to maintain enrollments greater than 1,200 students, which typically sends a school into Class 6A.

Oklahoma City Public Schools are not equipped to compete in 6A. In anything. Not athletics. Not music. Not any extra-curricular activity. Especially football.

Inner-city schools struggle to compete against suburban schools in football. That's not just an OKC problem. Putnam City, Putnam West, Midwest City and Del City are examples of former suburban schools whose socio-economic status evolved into inner-city schools, with a dip in football success.