When quarterbacks drop back to pass, be it in the NFL, college or even the high school level, they take three or four seconds running through options, looking first perhaps for a primary receiver streaking down a sideline, then for a tight end cutting across the middle of the field, and then, as a last resort as they’re attacked in the pocket by onrushing defensive players, a “checkdown” receiver such as a running back coming out of the backfield for a short gain.

School administrators across the county basically have had to do the same thing since March, checking off options as…