VHSL Redistricting & Reclassification Meeting Set

**imported_Sportsman** · March 29th, 2006, 11:23 PM

R&R Appeals Schedule

Tuesday, April 4, 2006 -- 9:00 a.m.

VHSL Office, Lower Conference Room

I. Call to Order:

II. Agenda Approval:

III. Review of Materials:

IV. Appeals Presentations: In accordance with VHSL By-Laws now in effect as a result of action taken by the Executive Committee in December:

"The Redistricting and Reclassification Committee shall conduct a hearing to evaluate each appeal during which one representative of the school shall be permitted to present evidence in support of the appeal. The Redistricting and Reclassification Committee shall render its decision in response to the appeal and shall inform the appellant school within 30 days. The Redistricting and Reclassification Committee also shall publish a summary report of all appeals, and its justification in each case, as an appendix to its final formal recommended RRC plan when it is submitted to the Executive Committee.

"A school may then appeal the Redistricting and Reclassification Committee's decision to the Executive Committee. No hearing shall be conducted by the Executive Committee in response to the appeal. Instead, the Executive Committee's review of the appeal shall be limited to an evaluation of the written record of the original appeal as published in the appendix of the Redistricting and Reclassification plan. The Executive Committee shall then issue its decision in response to all such appeals as amendments to its final motion to approve the formal RRC plan. The VHSL's Executive Director shall inform each appellant school of the Executive Committee's decision."

Each appeal will be allowed five minutes for presentation, there will be five minutes allowed for opposition comments and five minutes for questions by the committee.

9:15 Robert E. Lee ( Staunton ) appeals its assignment to the Valley District North, Region II, Group AA, and requests assignment to the Valley District South, Region III, Group AA.

9:30 Valley District appeals its split into two regions and requests that the Valley District North be placed in Region III, Group AA.

Broadway, Harrisonburg and Turner Ashby High Schools individually request to be placed in the Valley District North in Region III, AA.

Fort Defiance and Stuarts Draft High Schools individually appeal the Valley District being placed in different regions; they request that Valley District schools be moved to Region III.

Spotswood High School appeals the assignment of Valley District schools to different regions and requests that the Valley District remain in the same region, even if the districts must split.

Waynesboro High School requests that the Valley District North, Valley District South and Seminole District be in Region III and that the Jefferson District be in Region II.

9:45 Jefferson District by a vote of 6-0-1 requests to be assigned to Region II instead of Region III.

Charlottesville , Fluvanna County , Louisa County , Monticello , Orange County and Western Albemarle High Schools individually vote to make this request.

William Monroe High School abstained from this vote.

10:00 Region II appeals assignment of Valley District and Jefferson District schools. By a vote of 28-1-3 , the region requests that (a) the Valley District be assigned to the same district or in different districts in Region III (instead of the Valley District North being in Region II and the Valley District South being in Region III) and (b) assign the Jefferson District to Region II (instead of Region III).

Note: The Dulles District and Northwestern District also submitted letters supporting the placement of Valley District schools in Region III and the Jefferson District in Region II.

10:15 Blue Ridge District appeals its placement in Region IV.

Alleghany, Lord Botetourt, Northside and William Byrd High Schools request to remain intact as a four-team district assigned to Region III; if that request is denied, these schools request that the proposed nine-team district be split into two districts.

10:30 Cave Spring High School requests to remain as part of the current River Ridge District and be assigned to Region IV. If this request is not approved, it requests the proposed nine-team district recommended by the R&R Committee.

Christiansburg and Hidden Valley High Schools request to remain as part of the current River Ridge District and be assigned to Region IV; this request also includes assigning Alleghany, William Byrd, Lord Botetourt and Northside as a four-team district in Region III.

Salem and Pulaski High Schools request that if the Blue Ridge District appeal (above) is not granted, that the nine schools in District I, Region IV, of the R&R proposal not be split.

Seminole District requests an appeal rebuttal and supports the original plan proposed by the committee.

10:45 Lebanon High School appeals its placement in Region D, District 4; instead, it requests to remain in the Hogoheegee District, Region C, Group A. Tony Dodi, Principal of Lebanon , presenting.

Mike Neal, Principal of Rural Retreat, has requested to speak in opposition to this appeal.

11:00 John Battle High School appeals its placement in Region D, District 4; instead, it requests to remain in the Hogoheegee District, Region C, Group A.

Mike Neal, Principal of Rural Retreat, has requested to speak in opposition to this appeal.

11:15 Fairfax High School appeals its placement in the Concorde District, Northern Region, Group AAA, and requests instead to be in the Liberty District, Northern Region.

Note: The Concorde District endorses the request by Fairfax to be assigned to the Liberty District, Northern Region.

11:30 Northwest Region appeals the assignment of Loudoun Valley High School to the Cedar Run District, Northwest Region. The vote was 18-2-1 against Loudoun Valley entering the Northwest Region.

Loudoun Valley High School has requested to speak in opposition to the Northwest Region appeal.

Northern Region has requested to speak in opposition to the Northwest Region appeal.

~LUNCH~

V. Action Agenda: Committee deliberates and acts on appeals. The Committee shall publish a summary report of all appeals, and its justification in each case, as an appendix to its final formal recommended plan when it is submitted to the Executive Committee.

VI. Business from the Floor:

VII. Adjournment:

**imported_Counts** · March 30th, 2006, 10:24 AM

Thanks for the update the following comment was VERY intresting to me

[ QUOTE ]
10:45 Lebanon High School appeals its placement in Region D, District 4; instead, it requests to remain in the Hogoheegee District, Region C, Group A. Tony Dodi, Principal of Lebanon , presenting.

Mike Neal, Principal of Rural Retreat, has requested to speak in opposition to this appeal.

11:00 John Battle High School appeals its placement in Region D, District 4; instead, it requests to remain in the Hogoheegee District, Region C, Group A.

Mike Neal, Principal of Rural Retreat, has requested to speak in opposition to this appeal.

[/ QUOTE ]

It really makes me think that the Hogo does not mind loseing Leb and Battle and some may infact want them out.

IMHO I did not look for that appeal to afftect the R&R plan and with Rule Retreat and possably the rest of the Hogo speaking in opasition of Battle and Lebanons apeail I don't think it has a snowballs chance

**imported_hhstigerfan** · March 31st, 2006, 11:42 AM

For some reason I am thinking that the Neal guy is the chairman of the district, so he will be speaking on behalf of the rest of the hogo principals. So yeah, looks like the Hogo is trying to kick Lebanon and Battle out.

**imported_Counts** · March 31st, 2006, 12:05 PM

I think you are right. If the Hogo does not want Lebanon and Battle back that and the Reagion D wants them and the VHSL wants them to be there it seems like we may already know what the R&Rs dission on there appeal is going to be

**imported_VHSLhelper** · April 4th, 2006, 11:02 PM

The VHSL Executive Committee met today and heard all of the Realignment appeals.

Lebanon & John Battle's appeals to stay in the Hogo were turned down, so they'll join Lee, Va. High & Gate City in forming a new district in Region D.

All of the AA appeals were granted, which means Region IV gains the River Ridge District (minus William Fleming, which will go to AAA), and Region III gains the Valley District (which will be split).

**imported_hhstigerfan** · April 4th, 2006, 11:18 PM

It kind of surprises me with Lee leaving the Highlands District and Fleming going to AAA that the SWD didn't try to get Carrol Co. to join the River Ridge and Marion and Abingdon go back to the SWD.