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Suwanee Schools in New 6-A Classification

Region alignments will be announced in December.

As expected, the three Suwanee high schools have been placed in the state's first-ever AAAAAA classification for the 2012-14 school years.

However, the interesting part will be region alignments.

“The toughest part is yet to come, and that’s putting the schools into regions,” Ralph Swearngin, the GHSA’s executive director, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Breaking down the numbers for the classifications was fairly easy."

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Sixty five schools, mostly from the metro area, will make up the Class AAAAAA group. The rest of the breakdown is 71 schools for AAAAA, 71 for AAAA, 70 for AAA, 66 for AA, and 97 for A, according to the AJC.

Schools have until Dec. 5 to decide whether to play in a higher classification, according to the Georgia High School Association. The schools will be placed in regions Dec. 6. After an appeals process, the new regions are expected to be finalized on Jan. 10.

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has the highest enrollment (grades 9-12) of Suwanee schools, accordiing to GHSA figures.

The new alignment would have Greater Atlanta Christian (Norcross) in 2-A, and traditional power Buford in 3-A.


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