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Omaha Westside athletic director Tom Kerkman is bringing a proposal from the floor to Thursday's NSAA Representative Assembly meeting to raise the cutoff for Class A from 850 students in grades 9-10-11 to 900 starting in the 2022-23 school year. It would not apply to football, which counts boys only. That cutoff is 425.
Based on latest enrollments, North Platte, Lincoln Pius X and South Sioux City would be below the 900 threshold. Kerkman said Pius X intends to opt up to stay in Class A with the rest of the Heartland Athletic Conference.
Kerkman said with the Omaha Public Schools opening two new schools in 2022-23 and the Lincoln Public Schools opening two more in the next few years, his proposal would better balance the number of schools in the state's two largest classes.
Omaha Westside athletic director Tom Kerkman is bringing a proposal from the floor to Thursday's NSAA Representative Assembly meeting to raise the cutoff for Class A from 850 students in grades 9-10-11 to 900 starting in the 2022-23 school year. It would not apply to football, which counts boys only. That cutoff is 425.
Based on latest enrollments, North Platte, Lincoln Pius X and South Sioux City would be below the 900 threshold. Kerkman said Pius X intends to opt up to stay in Class A with the rest of the Heartland Athletic Conference.
Kerkman said with the Omaha Public Schools opening two new schools in 2022-23 and the Lincoln Public Schools opening two more in the next few years, his proposal would better balance the number of schools in the state's two largest classes.
