CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Board of
Directors heard a series of procedural appeals relating to realignment on
Tuesday morning and then took action after lengthy deliberation.
There were a total of eight appeals involving 10 schools.
The appeal by Green Hope and Panther Creek involved, among
other things, an error with the East Chapel Hill average daily membership
numbers that were used in the realignment process. The error with those first
month numbers had been confirmed, and had they been submitted correctly East
Chapel Hill would have been in the 4-A classification.
As a result, the Board made the decision to move East Chapel
Hill into the 4-A classification, and then assign it to Conference 10C in the
latest realignment plan. That move of East Chapel Hill into 4-A-- its numbers
which were not accurate had them in 3-A--then dropped Douglas Byrd to 3-A and
it was assigned to Conference 12C in the 3-A classification.
Green Hope and Panther Creek were then moved to Conference
13C in the 4-A class, so their appeal was upheld.
The Board also heard appeals from other schools, including
Jordan-Matthews, Chatham Central, Salisbury, Draughn and East Burke, Lake
Norman Charter, North Buncombe and Brevard. After long deliberation on each of
these appeals, the Board voted to deny the appeals and uphold the previous
decisions made by the Realignment Committee.
Members of the Board representing schools who were appealing
recused themselves during the deliberations and voting.
After the adjustments were made based on the appeals, the
Board then approved the complete realignment plan for the years 2013-17 on
Tuesday afternoon.
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