Power Placement

Sky High School has a two-track curriculum. The upper track is for those students designated as “heroes,” while the lower track is for those students designated as “sidekicks.” The tracks are officially known as the Hero Track and the Hero Support Track, but the students themselves sometimes refer to the latter as the Loser Track.

Power Placement is done during the freshman students’ first day and is handled by a member of the faculty. (During the events of the movie, Power Placement was handled by Coach Boomer.) Each student must get up on a stage and demonstrate his or her power or powers and based on that the faculty member will designate the student as either a hero or a sidekick.

There is no process for appeal of the faculty member’s decision, the decision being considered final. In rare cases where a student develops new powers during his or her school career, a track adjustment may be made.

Quotes
Principal Powers: In a few minutes, you will go through Power Placement, and your own heroic journey will begin. Will: Power Placement? Layla: It sounds fascist. Ethan: Power Placement, it’s how they decide where you go. Magenta: The Hero Track or the Loser Track. Will: There’s a Loser Track? Ethan: I believe that the preferred term is “Hero Support.”

Coach Boomer: Here's how Power Placement is gonna work: you will step up here and show me your power. And, yes, you will do so in front of the entire class. I will then determine where you will be assigned: Hero or sidekick. Now, every year there are a few students or, as I like to call them, "whiner babies," who see fit to question and to complain about their placement. So let's get one thing straight, my word is law. My judgment is final, so there will be no whiner babies. Are we clear? I said, are we... CLEAR?!