Board of Control Minutes

November 15, 2000

 

1. Roll Call
2. Minutes of last meeting were approved.
3. Minutes of conference call on November 1, 2000 were approved.
4. Instructed state office to make the draw for the State Wrestling Tournament.
5. Reviewed and discussed the 2000 Regional Meetings.
6. Reviewed the financial reports of the 2000 fall sports tournaments.
7. Reviewed fall administrator’s meetings.
8. Approved membership request of First Assembly Christian School.
9. Approved Tennessee School for the Deaf’s request for permission not to participate in the football playoffs.
10. Approved Tennessee Preparatory School’s request for permission to not participate in the football playoffs and basketball tournament series for the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 school years.
11. Approved Fayette Academy’s Request for permission to be placed in Division I.
12. Denied Bearden High School’s request to drop the last week of regular season of basketball and moving all tournaments one week earlier.
13. Denied East Ridge High School’s request for appeal of enrollment figures.
14. Voted to uphold original disciplinary action placed by the state office against Coffee County High School concerning unsportsmanlike conduct actions that occurred at the 2000 State Softball Tournament.
15. Denied Kenwood High School’s request for appeal of enrollment figures.
16. Heard update on disciplinary action and litigation.
17. Voted to add 2-lb. growth allowance on January 15 to coincide with certification date on January 15 due to the fact that it must meet NFHS wrestling rules.
18. Denied Clarksville High School’s request for appeal of enrollment figures.
19. Denied Lighthouse Christian Academy’s request to move to Division II.
20. Voted to play the girls’ state soccer tournament one week earlier at Finley Stadium due to the stadium being used by UT-Chattanooga for football.
21. Voted to take the following action in regard to nine and ten team regions in   football for 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 classification:
1. Ten team region will be split into two groups of five with each school playing four teams in their group and three from the other group with the schedule to be drawn up by the state office.
2. Nine team regions will split into three groups of three with each school playing the two teams in their group and two teams from each of the other two groups with the schedule to be drawn up by the state office.
3. Any ten or nine team region can continue to follow the old format and play all schools in their region provided there is a two-thirds vote of the schools in the region.  If there is not a two-thirds vote by all schools in the region, then the region will follow either plan A or B.