R&R Released to Schools, Public

By Chris Schmidt | Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:15 AM

Cliff Odenwald, Mark Cousins and Dr. Charles Breithaupt answer questions about the 2010-2012 redistricting and realignment.

Photo by Jeanne Acton

The new alignments were established by enrollment figures submitted to the UIL by its member schools in October. District alignments for fall and spring sports, academic and music competitions will be released in the next two months.

Under the new alignment, only one football district will have a bye (District 16 in Conference 1A Six-Man Division I). This was a significant drop from 19 districts receiving byes in the 2008-2010 football alignments.

The cut-off figure for Conference 5A enrollment was 20 students less than it was in 2008, down to 2,065 from 2,085 two years ago. This was the first time the cutoff number for 5A has decreased since 1990.

For the first time in Conference 2A, football brackets were split into two divisions (Division I and Division II) prior to the start of the season. This came as a result of a referendum ballot in which Conference 2A superintendents voted in favor of the change. Conference 1A 11-man and Conference 1A six-man football have been split into two divisions since 2006.

The deadline for schools to appeal their alignments is Thursday, Feb. 11. The District Assignment Appeals Committee hearing for appeals will be held on Feb. 18.

To view the 2010-12 football and 2010-11 basketball district alignments you can visit http://www.utexas.edu/uil/alignments/brackets.html.