On Thursday, the District 112 school board approved administration’s request to send a letter to the Missota Conference asking that the two high schools be admitted into the Missota in the fall of 2010. The Missota Conference currently includes Academy of Holy Angels, Farmington, Hutchinson, New Prague, Northfield, Prior Lake, Red Wing and Shakopee, although Hutchinson will join the Wright County Conference in the fall of 2010.

The request was prompted by the district’s splitting the current high school into Chaska High School and Chanhassen High School, resulting in smaller enrollments at each school.

If approved by the Missota, Chanhassen and Chaska would remain in the Lake Conference through 2009-2010, then join the Missota in the fall of 2010. Chanhassen Athletic Director Dick Ungar said joining the Missota would enable more Chaska and Chanhassen high school students to participate in conference programs that include athletics, drama, speech, band and choir.