A VHSL ad hoc committee on Tuesday approved a recommendation that the league change its current structure from six classifications to four beginning with the 2023-24 school year, and not everyone is happy about it.
The proposal also allows for schools to appeal to play up or down in classification.
Examples given in the proposal as reasons a school might appeal to move down in classification were geography (a school is a geographic anomaly or has physical obstacles such as bridges and tunnels that make remaining in the assigned classification problematic); school location (providing challenges and hardships for miles traveled); and miscellaneous (number of participating athletes in a school).
Schools with enrollments of :
375 or below would be in Class 1;
376-751 in Class 2;
752-1199 in Class 3;
1,200 and above in Class 4.
https://www.timesnews.net/Sports/2020/06/23/VHSL-committee-recommends-going-to-4-classes-from-6.html
The proposal also allows for schools to appeal to play up or down in classification.
Examples given in the proposal as reasons a school might appeal to move down in classification were geography (a school is a geographic anomaly or has physical obstacles such as bridges and tunnels that make remaining in the assigned classification problematic); school location (providing challenges and hardships for miles traveled); and miscellaneous (number of participating athletes in a school).
Schools with enrollments of :
375 or below would be in Class 1;
376-751 in Class 2;
752-1199 in Class 3;
1,200 and above in Class 4.
https://www.timesnews.net/Sports/2020/06/23/VHSL-committee-recommends-going-to-4-classes-from-6.html
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