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impact and how an appeals process would work.
• West Central Superintendent Jeff Danielsen said he feared that without an appeals process, more constitutional amendments would be forthcoming to overturn board decisions.
• "The majority of schools felt like the decision was wrong in the first place," Danielsen said.
• Board members and superintendents agreed that an appeals process would have to be limited in scope--perhaps only to appeal financial decisions--or else many of the board's decisions might face appeal.
• "It's a slippery slope we're asking you to look at,"Danielsen said.
• And it's a slope that at least one board member would like to avoid.
• "An appeals process is something that's not very appealing to me," said Dan Whalen of Pierre.
• Sittig, a former SDHSAA board member, said that the board's communication with its member schools has improved, noting all the information available on the association's website.
• "I think there have been some improvements," Sittig said. "Now it's up to the schools to pay attention."
• SDHSAA Executive Director Wayne Carney and board member Rick Weber of Flandreau will hear directly from Settig's organization when they attend the superintendents' annual meeting in July. SDHSAA's August meeting agenda will include a report on what transpired at the July meeting.
• "It would be our suggestion that the discussion continue," Sittig said.
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Freeman football falling on hard times
By Dana Hess for S.D. Newspaper Association
• PIERRE, S.D. - Freeman School District Superintendent Don Hotchkiss said he was trying to get lightning to strike a second time when he met with the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors Wednesday.
• The first lightning strike took place at the SDHSAA's April board meeting when, on a 4-2 vote, the board allowed a hardship exemption for Marion to send four student-athletes to Canistota to play basketball.
• Hotchkiss was seeking a similar exemption for Freeman football players. He told to the board that the school would likely not be able to field a nine-man football team (Continued on page 7)
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