1. Westbrook High School November 1, 2012 RECLASSIFICATION Community Forum

2. Tonight’s Agenda: 1.A few words from the Principal 1.Definition of the MPA, SMAA, WMC (MVC, KVAC, etc.) 2.Role Of The MPA Reclassification Committee 1.Sharing Of Reclassification Data 1.Role of the Southwestern Maine Activities Association (SMAA) and the Western Maine Conference (WMC) 2.Sharing Of Westbrook High School Data 1.Public Comment

3. MPA SMAAWMCKVACMVC

4. MPA – Maine Principals’ Association The Maine Principals' Association is a private, educational, nonprofit corporation with voluntary membership that is comprised of two distinct divisions: Division of Professional Activities (building administrators) and the Division of Interscholastic Activities (member high schools).

5. SMAA – Southwestern Maine Activities Association The Southwestern Maine Activities Association (SMAA) is composed of seventeen high schools located in Cumberland and York Counties. SMAA schools compete in Western Maine Class A, and conference champions are crowned annually in seventeen sports.

6. WMC – Western Maine Conference The Western Maine Conference (WMC) is composed of seventeen high schools located in Cumberland and York Counties. SMAA schools compete in Western Maine Class B & Class C, and conference champions are crowned annually in sixteen sports.

7. MVC – Mountain Valley Conference KVAC – Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference The MVC & KVAC are geographical athletic conferences that have representatives from Class A, Class B, and Class C. Like other conferences, they also recognize league champions and post-season award winners.

8. MPA CLASS ACLASS B Class DCLASS C SMAA WMCMVC KVAC

9. MPA CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE The committee made the initial decision(1983) that the reason to classify is to insure equality of competition and not necessarily equality of numbers of schools participating in a sport. The program should provide them with an educationally sound experience which can only come from equal competition.

10. MPA CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE (con’t) 1.Enrollments for participating schools within a class should be the same statewide. 2.Girls' and boys' teams representing a school within a sport should compete in the same class. 3.Schools may apply upward but not downward. 4.There must be a minimum of seven schools competing within a class in order to determine a champion. This should rise to 10 in 1985.

11. MPA CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE Timeline: 1.October: Initial meeting and set tentative cutoff enrollments in fall sports 2.October: Set tentative cutoff enrollments in winter sports 3.Beginning of November: Set tentative cutoff enrollments in spring sports 4.Beginning of January: Finalize all cutoffs 5.February: Send proposed cutoffs in all sports to membership by email 6.March: Final adjustments (if necessary) 7.April: Report to membership

12. Proposed Football – 2013 Example Class A - WestClass A - East Thornton Bonny Eagle Sanford Scarborough Windham Massabesic Noble S. Portland Biddeford Lewiston Bangor Oxford Hills Edward Little Deering Portland Brunswick Mt. Ararat Cheverus Class B - West Gorham Falmouth Marshwood Kennebunk Greely Westbrook Oceanside Camden Hills Fryeburg Skowhegan Messalonskee Cony Ellsworth Hampden Mt. Blue Lawrence Brewer Nokomis

14. SchoolPopulation% 1. Thornton Academy HS 1384100.87% 2. Bonny Eagle HS115467.49% 3. Sanford HS108557.47% 4.Scarborough HS105452.98% 5. Windham HS104551.67% 6. Massabesic HS101246.88% 7. Deering HS94236.72% 8. Noble HS92734.54% 9. Portland HS91332.51% SchoolPopulation% 10. S. Portland HS 85524.09% 11. Gorham HS85323.80% 12. Biddeford HS 83020.46% 13. Marshwood HS 7194.35% 14. Kennebunk HS 7153.77% 15. Westbrook HS 6890.00% 16. Cheverus HS 519-24.67% 17. Catherine McAuley HS 178-74.17% Average:875 SMAA POPULATIONS

15. SchoolPopulation% Falmouth HS7275.52% Greely HS6940.73% Westbrook689 Fryeburg HS632-8.27% York HS606-12.05% Lake Region HS 569-17.42% Cape Elizabeth HS 543-21.19% GNG HS532-22.79% Freeport HS514-25.40% SchoolPopulation% Poland HS498-27.72% St. Dominic HS466-32.37% Yarmouth HS455-33.96% Wells HS434-37.01% Sacopee Valley HS 399-42.09% Traip Academy HS 273-60.38% Old Orchard Beach HS 268-61.10% Waynflete249-63.86% Average: 507 (All) 564(B Only) WMC POPULATIONS

16. Westbrook School Department Enrollment YR# # K211 7 208 1196 8 192 2195 9 227 3186 10 155 4185 11 169 5185 12 160 6189

17. Westbrook School Department High School – Enrollment YR# # 1996763 2003 809 1997789 2004 850 1998779 2005 793 1999853 2006 799 2000807 2008 798 2001832 2010 763 2002840 2012 689

18. BUT WE ARE COMPETITIVE?

19. Westbrook School Department Level of Competitiveness - Make Playoffs 00010203040506070809101112 Football NNNNNNNNNNNYY Soccer(B) YYYYYYYYYNNNN Soccer(G) NNNNNNNNYNNNN F. Hockey YYYYYYYYYYYYY Bask (B) YYNYYNYYYYYYY Bask (G) YYYYYYNNNNNNY I. Hockey Baseball YYYYYYYYYYYYY Softball NNNNNNNNNNNNN Lac. (B) NNNNNNNNY Lac. (G) NNYNYNYYN

20. Westbrook High School - Athletic Overview SPORTRegionalState Wrestling (B)10 Baseball (B)05 Basketball (B)00, 96, 94, 8484 Swimming (G)99, 93, 91, 90, 8899*, 93, 91, 90, 88 Softball (G)98, 8181 Basketball (G)98, 96, 95, 93, 81, 8081, 80, 79, 78 X-Country (G)96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 9196, 95, 94, 93, 91 Soccer (G)90 Track & Field (B)94, 93, 9294, 93 Golf89* FallWinterSpring Cheering Football Cross Country Golf Field Hockey Soccer (B & G)) Basketball (B & G) Indoor Track (B & G) Cheering Swimming (B & G) Ice Hockey Wrestling Baseball Softball Lacrosse (B & G) Tennis (B & G) Outdoor Track (B & G)

21. QUESTIONS/COMME NTS?