Archived Minutes 

Louisiana High School Speech League

Fall Coaches Meeting

Teurlings Catholic High School

August  26, 2023

AGENDA

I. Welcome — 9:09 

A.  Introduction of Executive Council Members

II. Roll call

Abbeville High School

Acadiana High School 

Alexandria Senior HS 

Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Benjamin Franklin High School

Bolton High School

Caddo Magnet High School

Caldwell Parish High School

Carencro High SChool 

Cecilia High School

Comeaux High School

The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men

Episcopal School of Acadiana

Isidore Newman School

JPG

Kaplan High School

Lafayette High School

Livonia High School

Parkway High School

Peabody Magnet 

Pineville High 

Southside High School

St. Mary's Dominican High School

St. Thomas More HS

Teurlings Catholic High School

III. Old Business

1. National Tournament Reports - 9:13am 

   1. Lafayette CFL

   2. New Orleans CFL

   3. NSDA

2. Committee Reports –9:31 

   1. Raising Tournament Entry Fees

      1. currently at $6 per event. suggested to raise up $1 per event 

      2. Macy Hammons - schools having hard time meeting cost of tournament. suggested fix was to raise $1 per event per year until we reach $10 per entry. proposal for LHSSL to create grants for students in need with the intent of moving these grants to LHSSL alumni foundation to help support 

      3. Vote to raise fees —  pass 19-0-2 

   2. Standardization of Protest Procedures - 9:38

      1. Greg  – currently no formal protest form in standardization doc. recommending: 

         1. actual standard form available on tabroom website that can be filled out digitally 

         2. 3 person committee to evaluate protest - tournament director and 2 members of the council who are on call that weekend 

         3. report back what the result of the protest was 

         4. adult contact should be the only one filling out the form 

         5. protest form filled out within about an hour after all rounds in that timeslot have ended 

      2. Motion to change number of people required to hear protest and create form - pass 23-0-0

IV. New Business

A.  Piloting World Schools Debate - 9:45am 

1. Chris Vincent - new development to change world schools to a school based entry rather than multi school entry. add to la events bc  

   1. easier format and lower research burden for students 

   2. unique way to offer more competitive events for our students 

   3. way to rebuild debate programs with speech/debate crossover

   4. would need a 2 hour slot. probably run during a debate time slot 

   5. tournament director would need to write topics for prepared motions for each round 

   6. would need a separate prep room for each impromptu round 

   7. ULL would be willing to host workshop 

B. Tournament Schedule 2023-2024 - see tournament page 

V. Announcements

1. Reminders

   1. All LHSSL dues and paperwork to Kasi McCartney by September 12, 2023

   2. Congressional Debate legislation 

      1. clerk of congress link on the website 

Motion to adjourn - 10:19am