Other than sending your kid to McDonogh, Bryn Mawr and maybe NDP you're essentially paying all the money JUST for your kid to play lacrosse. Public school parents watch while really good players don't make their IAMM varsity teams till junior or senior year, or they make it earlier and don't play till junior and senior year, and what's worse unless you're a top player you can be committed to play lacrosse and still not get playing time as a senior. Two IAMM schools are on the verge of not being able to field varsity teams next year, two more teams have losing records every year and remain at the bottom of your league a third team with a consistent losing record just was moved to the "B" division last year, the same old club coaches interfere, influence and meddle in the varsity teams, parents are allowed to use their influence & run out good coaches over playing time, goalies for to IAMM schools with three goalies ahead of them - sometimes more than one per grade just to sit, the IAMM rosters are so bloated and in some schools graduating classes are over bloated, so many girls have mediocre varsity lax careers where if they were at their local high school they'd be playing. Each family should 100% do what works for them. If you don't mind all of that or your daughter is somehow good enough not to fall in to these categories at her IAMM school lucky you!!! But don't disparage public school girls who rack up playing time and playing experience. Many of these girls will go in to college with four years of non stop playing time and experience in leading a team. Would someone has has 100 point per year have the same stats at a McDonogh or Maryvale ? No, but plenty of public schools girls could play at IAMM schools. Girls have graduated from local Balto/DC/HoCo public schools and ended up playing lacrosse at MD, Northwester, JMU, Florida, Clemson, Syracuse, Vanderbilt, Denver, Ohio, Cornell, etcetc. This whole tired discussion started because a girl was transferring out of Garrison - which likely may not have a team next year, if they do will be a skeleton roster, and had a strangely abysmal season this year to her local public school where she will thrive. Again to each his own but these players should not be dismissed. It's ridiculous and elitest.

Also - IAMM has had a shot clock for two years now so let's stop acting like that makes them special. Every other high school lleague and club leagues/tournaments play without a shot clock. They will all adjust to a shot clock when they get to college.