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NCHSAA's new classification plan places North Lenoir in 4A; Lenoir schools weigh travel and competition
Summary
District athletic director briefed the board on the North Carolina High School Athletic Association's new eight-class alignment using first-month average daily membership; draft placements put North Lenoir in 4A and Kinston and South Lenoir in 3A, prompting concern about travel costs and competitive balance and an appeal process.
The Lenoir County Board of Education received a briefing on Jan. 6 about the North Carolina High School Athletic Association's (NCHSAA) new realignment plan, which will take effect in the 2025-26 school year and assigns schools to eight classifications based solely on average daily membership (ADM) for the first month of the school year.
Mister Harvey, who presented the item, said the NCHSAA adopted new bylaws in May 2023 that replace the old formula (which combined ADM, free and reduced-lunch rates and past athletic success) with a straight ADM-based approach.…
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