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Board declines CIF multi-school athletics plan; GEKA keeps club and college-linked activities
Summary
State CIF rules limiting out-of-boundary students from participating on Gilroy High teams forced the board to reject a district-wide CIF multi-school arrangement for GEKA; the board instead voted to keep GEKA's existing club, band and Gavlin-college opportunities while staff consider next steps.
The Gilroy Unified School District board concluded it could not implement the planned CIF multi-school agreement to let every Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy (GEKA) student join Gilroy High School athletics. Staff said the California Interscholastic Federation's state office would only permit participation for GEKA students who live inside Gilroy High's attendance boundaries, meaning students who live outside those boundaries would each require separate multi-school agreements with their home districts.
Josh Adams, Gilroy High athletics director, and principals described the operational complexity:…
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