Article: ANALYSIS View realignment from a new angle Conventional wisdom has failed in the past; REALIGNMENT PROPOSALS The following two proposals for realignment are based on plans outlined in Cliff Christl's analysis on this page. Enrollments are listed along with the schools in the first proposal. PROPOSAL I SUPER 14 CONFERENCE Metro North Division Brookfield Central, (1,117); Brookfield East, (1,035); Homestead, (1,333); Milwaukee Divine Savior Holy Angels, (574, all girls); Milwaukee Marquette, (907, all boys); Milwaukee Pius, (1,671); Nicolet, (1,283); Oak Creek, (1,406); Wauwatosa East, (1,259). South Shore Division Kenosha Bradford, (2,125); Kenosha Tremper, (2,309); Racine Case, (1,899); Racine Horlick, (1,884); Racine Park, (2,073). WESTERN SUBURBAN CONFERENCE Arrowhead, (1,695); Mukwonago, (1,716); Muskego, (1,260); Waukesha North, (1,234); Waukesha South, (1,388); Waukesha West, (1,291); West Allis Central, (1,544); West Allis Hale, (1,427). QUAD COUNTY CONFERENCE Hartford, (1,524); Kettle Moraine, (1,213); Menomonee Falls, (1,226); Oconomowoc, (1,388); Sussex Hamilton, (974); Watertown, (1,315); Waukesha Catholic Memorial, (1,010); Wisconsin Lutheran, (1,015). SOUTH SUBURBAN CONFERENCE Burlington, (1,179); Cudahy, (966); Franklin, (1,018); Greendale, (819); Greenfield, (1,077); Milwaukee Thomas More, (737); New Berlin Eisenhower, (773); New Berlin West, (714); South Milwaukee, (1,237); Whitnall, (857). PARKWAY CONFERENCE Brown Deer, (538); Greendale Martin Luther, (490); Milwaukee Lutheran, (803); Pewaukee, (446); St. Francis, (441); Shorewood, (674); Wauwatosa West, (773); Whitefish Bay, (821); Whitefish Bay Dominican, (461). (Greendale Martin Luther also could remain in a newly aligned Midwest Classic Conference.) LITTLE TEN CONFERENCE East Division Cedarburg, (883); Germantown, (1,098); Grafton, (721); Plymouth, (940); Port Washington, (904). West Division Beaver Dam, (1,083); Slinger, (720); Waupun, (726); West Bend East, (1,177); West Bend West, (1,195). SOUTHERN LAKES CONFERENCE East Division Lake Geneva Badger, (907); Kenosha St. Joseph, (447); Racine St. Catherine's, (605); Union Grove, (598); Waterford, (742); Westosha Central, (873); Wilmot, (845). West Division Delavan-Darien, (738); East Troy, (643); Elkhorn, (586); Fort Atkinson, (877); Jefferson, (626); Milton, (842); Whitewater, (588). (Burlington could remain in the Southern Lakes East under this proposal; and Edgerton could be moved from the Rock Valley to Southern Lakes West to form two eight-team divisions or two separate conferences.) PROPOSAL II SUPER 12 CONFERENCE Metro North Division Homestead, Milwaukee Marquette, Milwaukee Pius, Oak Creek, Wauwatosa East, West Allis Central, West Allis Hale. South Shore Division (Remains the same as in Proposal I). WAUKESHA COUNTY CONFERENCE Arrowhead, Kettle Moraine, Mukwonago, Muskego, Waukesha Catholic Memorial, Waukesha North, Waukesha South, Waukesha West. QUAD COUNTY CONFERENCE East Division Brookfield Central, Brookfield East, M

The main obstacle to successful high school conference realignment in southeastern Wisconsin is the same today as it was 26 years ago. It's finding a suitable home for the Kenosha and Racine public high schools.

Ever since the five schools in those two cities were given the boot by the Big Eight Conference in 1970, they have been part of five different realignments, none of which worked.

Once again, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is wrestling with realignment in this part of the state, as well as with its age-old problem. Two of the proposals would place the Kenosha and Racine schools in the same conference as Burlington, Franklin, Oak Creek and South Milwaukee. Other ...

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