THOMASTON -- The three largest Houston County schools and Jones County will move to Class AAAAA in the Georgia High School Association's newest reclassification cycle.
The GHSA reclassification subcommittee placed Houston County, Northside and Warner Robins alongside Jones County in the newly formed AAAAA, which is the second largest class in the new system, at a meeting Monday morning at the GHSA office.
The subcommittee will meet Dec. 6 to place schools in regions for the 2012-2014 cycle. Regions and classes won't be officially set until the full executive committee ratifies the proposals in January.
A number of former AAA schools have jumped up one classification.
Baldwin, Upson-Lee, Veterans, Westside, Howard, Mary Persons, Perry, West Laurens, Crisp County and Rutland are in AAAA.
Peach County, Central, Southwest, Dodge County and Washington County are in Class AAA.
Northeast is the lone Bibb County school in Class AA, and the Raiders are joined by Dublin, East Laurens, Jeff Davis, Putnam County, Lamar County, Bleckley County, Crawford County and Taylor County.
Wilkinson County is the sixth largest Class A school. Also in A: First Presbyterian Day, Telfair County, Hawkinsville, Wilcox County, Dooly County, Johnson County, GMC, Twiggs County and Treutlen.
No Middle Georgia schools were placed in AAAAAA.
Schools have two weeks to decide whether to play up in classifications or to appeal the committee's decision.
