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Urbandale board declines to move conferences; two proposals fail after months of public input
Summary
After extensive public comment and two separate motions, the Urbandale Community School District board failed to approve joining the Little Hawkeye Conference, with votes of 2–5 and 3–4 on a conditional and an unconditional acceptance respectively.
The Urbandale Community School District Board of Directors on March 3 considered whether to accept an invitation to join the Little Hawkeye Conference but failed to approve two separate motions, leaving the district in the Central Iowa Metro League (CIML) for now.
The first motion — to accept a Little Hawkeye invitation only if the conference expanded to at least 10 schools by the end of the school year — failed 2–5. A subsequent motion to accept the invitation without that condition failed 3–4.
Why it matters: The board’s decision determines what conference Urbandale athletes will play in beginning with the 2026–27 school year if the district decides later to change conferences. Conference alignment affects schedules, travel, postseason classification in some sports, and how often teams meet familiar opponents. Supporters said moving could give some teams more appropriately sized opponents;…
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