It’s official — District 6-5A will come back together for the 2026-28 reclassification cycle.

The LHSAA executive committee heard a second round of appeals on Dec. 3, when Chalmette asked for the second time to be placed in District 6-5A, but that appeal was denied.

That denial cleared the way for the LHSAA to finalize District 6-5A in its familiar 8-team form before the district was split up two years ago when Salmen moved up to Class 5A.

The Spartans’ official enrollment of 993 puts them below the Class 5A cutoff for the upcoming redistricting cycle.

The next two-year districting cycle will run from fall 2026 through spring 2028.

District 6-5A will include Covington, Fontainebleau, Hammond, Mandeville, Northshore, Ponchatoula, Slidell and St. Paul’s for the next two seasons.

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