Four realignment appeals granted, four denied

[kepdawg]

UIL District Assignment Appeals Committee Meeting Results

Media Contact: Kim Rogers
Phone: 512) 471-5883
Fax: (512) 471-6589
Email: uilpr@mail.uil.utexas.edu
Date: 02/21/2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AUSTIN, TX— Four out of eight appeals regarding reclassification and
realignment were granted Thursday by the District Assignment Appeals
Committee of the UIL. The committee composed of UIL Legislative Council
members heard three appeals regarding district assignments, and five appeals
dealing with conference assignments.

The committee granted appeals made by Dripping Springs High School, Hereford
High School and San Marcos High School School to move into their requested
districts in all activities except football. Dripping Springs will move
from District 25-4A into 26-4A, Hereford will move from District 4-4A to
3-4A and San Marcos moves from District 27-4A to 17-4A.

Houston Stratford High School also had their appeal granted by the
committee. Stratford will move from District 23-4A to 18-5A for all
activities. They join Alief Elsik, Alief Hastings, Alief Taylor, Houston
Memorial, Houston Northbrook, Houston Spring Woods and Houston Strake Jesuit
in their new district.

The Assignment Appeals Committee voted to deny appeals from the following:
· Laredo Johnson
· Laredo Cigarroa
· Laredo Nixon
· San Antonio Highlands


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[LH Panther Mom]

The SA Highlands one was kind of odd, since they were requesting to placed in a 4A district, with 5A numbers. :doh: :doh: :doh:

[ASUFrisbeeStud]

I didn't realize San Marcos was 4A.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by ASUFrisbeeStud
I didn't realize San Marcos was 4A.

dropped this time

[ASUFrisbeeStud]

Originally posted by kepdawg
dropped this time

Yeah I'm suprised, my fiance graduated from SMHS and last time we were down there we went and looked at the new school and it looks like a huge prison. That area is really growing alot, but I've heard the SM schools aren't great and there are alot of other choices in the area.

[TMer25]

Originally posted by ASUFrisbeeStud
Yeah I'm suprised, my fiance graduated from SMHS and last time we were down there we went and looked at the new school and it looks like a huge prison. That area is really growing alot, but I've heard the SM schools aren't great and there are alot of other choices in the area.

"Aren't great" would be viewed as an understatement by most in the area.

[NastySlot]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
The SA Highlands one was kind of odd, since they were requesting to placed in a 4A district, with 5A numbers. :doh: :doh: :doh:


The rumor in the SA area was that they did their math wrong...and uil felt they should have caught the error earlier.

[Phil C]

Laredo is predominately Hispanic. I hope that race didn't enter into their denials.

[NastySlot]

Originally posted by Phil C
Laredo is predominately Hispanic. I hope that race didn't enter into their denials.

so is highlands..........but then again one big guys at the uil is a hispanic.....so i doubt it.

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by Phil C
Laredo is predominately Hispanic. I hope that race didn't enter into their denials.
:doh: :doh: :doh:

[duckpluck]

Originally posted by Phil C
Laredo is predominately Hispanic. I hope that race didn't enter into their denials.

Are you kidding me? I can't believe you thought that for a second. Your calling out the UIL as making a decision against a school based on race? :rolleyes:

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by duckpluck
Are you kidding me? I can't believe you thought that for a second. Your calling out the UIL as making a decision against a school based on race? :rolleyes:

He doesn't think that, you would have to know that most everything Phil C says is tongue-in-cheek. :)

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by AP Panther Fan
He doesn't think that, you would have to know that most everything Phil C says is tongue-in-cheek. :)



He must bite down on his tongue alot when he's talking.:thinking: :D

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
He must bite down on his tongue alot when he's talking.:thinking: :D


lol...he likes to give the pot a good stir every now and then.;)

[HippoBaseball05]

Dripping Springs changes districts for everything EXCEPT football?

So we'll play them in football but not baseball or basketball?


I've never seen that before.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by HippoBaseball05
Dripping Springs changes districts for everything EXCEPT football?

So we'll play them in football but not baseball or basketball?


I've never seen that before.

Multiple schools do it right now.

[Sweetwater Red]

So what were the Laredo and one SA school petitoning that was
denied? The same thing the other schools were granted...play
football in one district and everything else in another?:confused:

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
So what were the Laredo and one SA school petitoning that was
denied? The same thing the other schools were granted...play
football in one district and everything else in another?:confused:

The Laredo schools wanted moved from 31-4A to 29-5A.

Highlands wanted moved from 27-5A to 28-4A.

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by kepdawg
The Laredo schools wanted moved from 31-4A to 29-5A.

Highlands wanted moved from 27-5A to 28-4A.


Okay.:doh:


Thanks.:)

[Haunta Yo]

Originally posted by HippoBaseball05
Dripping Springs changes districts for everything EXCEPT football?

So we'll play them in football but not baseball or basketball?


I've never seen that before.

Football schedules are made almost as soon as numbers come out. (That same day usually)

San Marcos has the same deal. Not sure how they convinced UIL it was a travel issue?

[NastySlot]

Originally posted by Haunta Yo
Football schedules are made almost as soon as numbers come out. (That same day usually)

San Marcos has the same deal. Not sure how they convinced UIL it was a travel issue?


I remember when North Crowley came out...didn't the mess up their numbers and have to play 4A football and 3A other sports or something like that....or it may have been the other other way. 3A football and 4A other sports.

San Marcos should have been put in that district to begin with......it's like the San Marcos coach said in the paper with a cheap pair of binoculars you can almost see half the schools in that district from the roof of San Marcos high....Lehmann and Hays same county....Lockhart 20 mins. away.


wasn't it that way at one time for San Angelo Central...football with Lubbock and Amarillo and other sports with Midland/Odessa/Ab.