Schools Reject Reclassification

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Kansas High School Athletic Association member schools have voted down a proposal that would have reclassified three football classes.

The plan to reclassify Class 4A, 3A and Class 2-1A was voted down 189-101.  Only Class 4A schools voted in favor of the changes that would have reduced the number of teams from 64 to 48.  The 4A vote was 39-25 in favor of the reduction of schools.

Class 3A voted down the plan by a vote of 47-17; Class 2A's vote was 42-22 against and the 1A vote was 75-23

If the number of schools would have been reduced to 48 in Class 4A, the next 64 largest schools would have been in 3A with the remaining 57 schools assigned to Class 2-1A.

The plan would have needed 146 "yes" votes in order to take effect.