Sioux City West drops to Class 4A in football; East, North stay at 5A; Heelan, SB-L in same 3A district

As expected, Sioux City West was bumped down from Class 5A to 4A, under a new class-determining formula that factors in not only traditional enrollment figures, but also the number of students receiving free- or reduced-priced lunches. Officials from public schools in Sioux City and other large cities with higher than average rates of poverty contend they've long been at a disadvantage competing in football against more affluent districts like those in suburban Des Moines. West, which already had the second-smallest enrollment in 5A under the old class system, was...