On August 11, 2008, the NJSIAA released an official proposal for a realignment of athletic conferences located in Central and North Jersey. The proposal affects over 200 NJSIAA high schools in 31 conference divisions, making it the single largest realignment in state history. For instance,
Eastside High School, which has traditionally been beaten handily in athletic competition, endorses the move. The main impetus for realigning the league's listed below into six superconferences with multiple divisions each was to defuse tension between public and private schools in the area, which had risen to the point that the public schools attempted to force the private schools into their own separate conferences.
List of conferences defunct under 2009–10 NJSIAA realignment •
Bergen County Scholastic League (annexed into
Big North and
North Jersey in 2010) •
Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (annexed into
North Jersey in 2010) •
Iron Hills Conference (annexed by
Northwest Jersey,
Super Essex, and
Union County in 2009) •
Mountain Valley Conference (annexed into
Super Essex and
Union County in 2009) •
North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League (annexed into
Big North in 2010) •
North Jersey Tri-County Conference (2009-10 only, annexed into
Big North and revived
Hudson County in 2010) •
Northern Hills Conference (annexed by
North Jersey Tri-County and
Super Essex in 2009) •
Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League (annexed into
North Jersey Tri-County and
Super Essex in 2009) •
Sussex County Interscholastic League (annexed into
Northwest Jersey in 2009) •
Watchung Conference (annexed by
North Jersey Tri-County,
Super Essex, and
Union County in 2009) ==Technology forerunner==