The Virginia High School League, or VHSL, announced its Recommended Region Alignment Plan for the 2027-2031 time period and their recommendations could affect many local schools.

The plan recommends Sherando move up from Class 4 to Class 5 which would place Sherando in a different class and region from the other Winchester and Frederick County schools and with schools predominantly from Northern Virginia like Stone Bridge, Briar Woods, Battlefield and others.

VHSL’s plan also recommends Skyline and Warren County drop down from Class 3 to Class 2 and enter the Bull Run District with Strasburg, Central, Clarke County, and others.

Page County was also included in the realignment and would move to Class 1 joining Luray in Region B.

Schools have the opportunity to request an appeal before August 10th, the deadline to submit an opposition to an appeal is August 17th, and then the Appeal Committee will meet to hear the appeals and recommend the final alignment plan on August 25th.

A full breakdown of the statewide realignment plan follows: