Activities Director, Principal or Superintendent Appeal Submission Instructions:
Schools or co-ops may appeal to a lower classification in a sport/activity sponsored by their school and according to board policy.
To appeal schools must have one of the following:
- Free and Reduced lunch percentage greater than 50% or;
- MSHSL Enrollment must be within 10% of the enrollment cut-off for the class to which they are appealing. Example: Baseball classification cut-off: Class AA is 216; Class A is 215 and below. If you are appealing out of AA into A, your enrollment must be within 10% of 216. You may only appeal down one class.
Information needed for the appeal submission
A form must be completed in one session. Before beginning the application, please make sure you have the following information.
If submitting for a co-op team, combine numbers where applicable. Add further details in the comments box at the end of the appeal form.
- MDE (Minnesota Department of Education) Enrollment in grades 9-12 for the 2021-2022, 2020-2021, 2019-2020, 2018-2019, and 2017-2018 school years.
- Current school year free and reduced lunch percentage of students in grades 9-12.
- Current school year SLIFE (Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education) percentage of students in grades 9-12.
- Regular Season Record in the sport/activity for the past five years.
- Postseason (Section and State) Record in this sport/activity for the past five years.
- Participation Numbers in this sport/activity for the past five years, total for grades 9-12.
- Additional information and data on in the following area that impacts participation: religious/cultural, retention/mobility, ELL (English Language Learner) and economic factors.
Appeal submissions must be submitted by March 6, 2023 using the form below.
Questions can be directed to Bob Madison, [email protected] or Amanda Johnson, [email protected].