re: Louisiana High School Football will split Public/Private. **Edited with Yes/No**

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You. Are. Wrong. Our enrollment was lower this time than during the last reclassification. But what do I know, my source was only direct word of mouth from the U-High AD. I'm sure you know the facts better than she does.


Um, no it wasn't. This has nothing to do with other private schools in your district. The administration knew that there was a great chance that U-High was going 3A. That was two years ago they knew that. The AD might just be wrong. I agree with Cyrus the Virus. U-High can control their selection and enrollment.

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i know the enrollment was lower... there were also bigger changes at OTHER schools in classes above and below ya'll which caused the move.

there were also several schools that consolidated... which caused fewer schools in some classes..

come on now.. blaming dunham and episcopal is a little far fetched.

a very good friend of mine was on the committe that did the numbers.. there was nobody from dunham and episcopal there.

it's all about = numbers of schools in the classes.

again.. I know ya'lls numbers were lower - yall are not the first school to move up in that scenario.

Mascona's solution was to let the power select schools, Evangel, Curtis, etc. move up to 4-5 A. Is that an option or has that move been voted down by the public schools in those classifications? I recall that Evangel was up there but got voted out a few yrs ago.

What would happen if they refused to play up?

even if 4A AND 5A wanted it couldn't happen... Curtis and Evangel would file suit that they got moved up and nobody else did

Unless there's another Peter Warrick I don't know about, he's from Florida.

Throwing out the race card.

And west monroe doesn't bring in stud athletes from other areas? It happens in public schools and private schools.

I spoke to several coaches, admins, ADs yesterday and last night and here are a couple of things:

The consensus is the Destrehan principal hit the nail on the head when he said this whole movement is all about forcing the LHSAA to act. The Executive Committee has sat on their hands for years and done nothing and now the support for forcing the issue reached a majority

The LHSAA hierarchy know this proposal wont stand up in court. That is the reason for the language some principals used (Karr, Jesuit, Carver) in their official statements to the assembly. If the Executive Committee wont do anything then they will let the courts decide and using words like "separate but equal" and "going back to the 50s" etc put the lawsuit grounds into the Association's meetings minutes. The privates will wait to see how the court cases play out before they do anything drastic, but they will use that time to get their house in order if they do leave the LHSAA. This will also give School Boards that have select admission public schools time to decide if they will allow the charters, magnets, etc under their jurisdiction to leave the LHSAA if the school principals request it.

Apparently someone from ECA spoke and poured gas on the fire when he said "(paraphrasing) we dont care what you do, we will play anyone, anywhere" which didnt go over very well with the assembly.

Class B and C was again manipulated by the big publics and they are pissed across the board. The ruse of "vote our way or we will get rid of Class C" has reminded some small school principals about their "second class citizenship."

The reason for the public roll call is there were numerous principals that were talking out of both sides of their mouths for years. So now their true feelings are on the record. I heard several public school coaches say "I personally am against the split but my principal voted yes because....."

The consensus amongst people I spoke to is Kenny Henderson is finished as Commissioner and it is just a matter of time. In their opinion the LHSAA has failed to address the biggest issues facing the Association under Henderson's tenure and tried to sweep things under the rug. Henderson has made a bad situation even worse with his divisive attitude about what is fair and his desire to force events to North LA has fractured relationships with certain sponsors. Some of the curious and inconsistent rulings the Commissioner's office has made have also called his credibility into question. Someone needed to repair the Association after the Tommy Henry era and some feel Henderson has done as much as he can do.

If you are Ouachita, you aren't worried about Ouachita Christian or St. Frederick, you are worried about Neville getting its charter. If it does and athletes can go there and play the best competition, then , then Ouachita is fricked.

JeffersonParish schools have long been fricked with Curtis and the Catholic league attracting players.