Changes coming to local districts under proposed plan

Although no Vermilion Parish Schools were reclassified under the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s enrollment assessment for the upcoming two-year period, each district that includes teams from the parish will see some changes, based on the LHSAA’s initial redistricting plan for the 2024-26 cycle.
Changes to enrollment for schools in each of those districts sees some teams moving out as their enrollment increased or decreased, and others moving in.
The biggest change in the proposed plan comes for Vermilion Catholic and Gueydan, which are slated to move out of districts 7-A and 4-A, respectively, and into a new District 6-A under the new plan.
VC was in District 7-A with Centerville, Central Catholic, Covenant Christian, Hanson Memorial, Highland Baptist and Jeanerette.
All of those teams except Highland Baptist remain in the new District 7-A.
Gueydan was in District 5-A with Elton, Beekman Charter, Hamilton Christian, Oberlin and Merryville.
Elton, Hamilton Christian, Merryville and Oberlin will move into a new District 4-A along with Grand Lake, which moves down from Class 2A, and Basile, which moves over from District 5-A.
Beekman Charter moves up to Class 2A and will join District 2-2A with Delhi Charter, Ferriday, Madison, Mangham, Oak Grove, Ouachita Christian and Rayville.
The new District 6-A will include VC, Gueydan, Ascension Episcopal, Highland Baptist and Westminster Christian of Lafayette.
District 4-4A, which includes North Vermilion High School, sees one team move out and two teams move in.
Lafayette Christian, which had been in the district, is being reclassified as a Class 2A team and will move into District 6-2A with Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy, Lake Arthur, Midland, Notre Dame and Welsh, if the redistricting plan is approved.
Moving into District 4-4A along with current teams David Thibodeaux (non-football), North Vermilion, Northside, St. Thomas More, Teurlings Catholic and Westgate, are Comeaux and Rayne.
Comeaux is moving down from Class 5A and Rayne, which moves out of District 3-4A.
District 5-3A, which includes Abbeville, Erath and Kaplan from Vermilion Parish, sees Crowley moving out and Acadiana Renaissance Charter moving in.
St. Martinville remains the fifth team in the district.
Crowley is shifting to District 4-3A to join Church Point, Iota, Mamou, Northwest, Pine Prairie and Ville Platte. Port Barre is moving out of that district and down into Class 2A.
Delcambre, which is part of the Iberia Parish school system but is located in Vermilion Parish, remains in the same district but with a new district designation.
The Panthers will be in District 7-2A with Catholic High of New Iberia, Franklin, Houma Christian, Loreauville and West St. Mary, which previously comprised District 8-2A along with Delcambre and Ascension Episcopal, which moves down to Class A.