CIAC to use success formula for schools of choice

The CIAC announced Wednesday its Boys Lacrosse Committee voted to apply a success-in-tournament factor when placing schools that draw students from outside their school district boundaries in tournament divisions.

The change will be effective for this upcoming 2022 spring season. The Committee will first place schools in their divisions by enrollment and then use successin-tournament to move schools up in division, before rebalancing the divisions.

Schools impacted are Charter, magnet, parochial, vocational/technical, vocational/agricultural and Project Choice schools that have more than 25 each of male/female students from out-of-district.

A release from the CIAC noted the Committee concluded a series of meetings on Tuesday that took place over the past few months to discuss potential changes to placing schools in tournament divisions.

Schools that draw from outside their school district boundaries and have been in the semifinals or beyond two of the last three years will move up one division. Each year the committee will review results from the past three years and make adjustments as appropriate. Schools can move up or down depending on their success in tournament play.