Not so fast VC

[GRIDIRON GURU]

Valley City and the NDHSAA pulled a fast one and changed the min. enrolment from 325 to 400 for class B.

Many schools did not know about it and if they had a chance to vote, no way would it have passed.

I can see this getting over turned and the new min enrolment will be 300. for class B which it should be.

Sorry Valley City nobody feels sorry for you

300 enrolment vs a school of 1000 is pretty close to the same percetage as 100 enrolment vs 300

67% vs 70%.

Valley City Administrators don't seem to have a problem with small schools having to compete against Valley City. But when the shoe is on the other foot it's unfair.

Valley City is stuck in the middle deal with it, work hard and compete there is noone to blame, someone has to be in the middle.

The three class system is bunk and it has been voted down every time so VC went back door and got the enrolment changed. Which peaved a lot of small towns off now VC may have just secured themselves a spot in class A for at least another decade.

The only way I would ever endorse a 3 class system is if they moved girls basketball back to the fall.










Class A or B: Where is Valley City's future?
Thursday, 20 November 2008
By Sheila Anderson
Valley City Times-Record

The future of Valley City’s new Class B status depends on the results of an upcoming NDHSAA board meeting.
Officials from smaller schools have raised questions about Valley City's move into District 5, which encompasses several smaller schools including LaMoure, Barnes County North and Ellendale.
At an NDHSAA board meeting about three weeks ago, officials from Edgeley and LaMoure asked the board to reverse the decision allowing Valley City Public Schools to change their status to Class B. By a vote of nine to two, the board voted to let the decision stand.
“It was very encouraging,” said Supt. Dean Koppelman. “The committee had a very strong commitment that would definitely change the structure of the system.”
But according to Koppelman, that vote did not end the discussion.
On Nov. 12, five members of the NDHSAA realignment committee met to discuss the future of high school activities and their structure in North Dakota. Koppelman and Valley City High School Activities Director Al Cruchet both attended this meeting.
Representatives from LaMoure and Edgeley attended the meeting. Edgeley's school board authorized its superintendent to seek legal assistance in drafting an amendment that would then be presented to other North Dakota schools to vote on. The officials from those schools feel this would likely overturn the recent NDHSAA decision to move Valley City to Class B.
In this proposal the schools would request the enrollment cutoff for Class B schools be set at 300, rather than the 400 approved by the NDHSAA. The number is currently at 325.
Officials from Edgeley and LaMoure contest the NDHSAA's decision to change the structure of the classification system. They believe the board did not have the authority to change the enrollment number, based on their interpretation of the organization's constitution, Koppelman said.
If such an amendment were proposed, Koppelman said many schools may support it. And if passed, the NDHSAA would have no choice but to change it.
“There are a number of small schools that are rallying around LaMoure and Edgeley,” Koppelman said. “They’re looking out for what they feel is the best interest of these students. I have a feeling that if an amendment were presented to change enrollment to 300, it would pass.”
For the Hi-Liners this would potentially mean 10 more years in Class A. Current enrollment in grades 9 through 12 in Valley City schools is 379.