The AA Valley District was a district in Region II of the Virginia High School League. There were nine member schools. As the district's name implied, all the schools were located in the central part of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, along Interstate 81. Most of the member schools were part of the Harrisonburg and Staunton areas.
In 2007, all of the Valley District member schools moved from Region II to Region III. In addition, the districts decided to split into two separate districts after the regional shift. The Harrisonburg area schools (Broadway, Harrisonburg, Spotswood, and Turner Ashby) formed the AA Massanutten District. The Staunton area schools (Fort Defiance, Lee, Rockbridge County, Stuarts Draft, and Waynesboro) formed the AA Southern Valley District.
In 2010, the VHSL decided to rejoin the Valley District, with a few modifications. The Massanutten District teams would stay intact and would be joined by Fort Defiance, Robert E. Lee, and Waynesboro. Rockbridge County moved to the Blue Ridge District and Stuarts Draft moved down to Group 'A' Shenandoah District. The Valley District, however, will not move back to Region II, instead, the conference will be a member of Region III.
Fort Defiance, Robert E. Lee, Spotswood, and Waynesboro will be participants of VHSL Division III, while Broadway, Harrisonburg, and Turner Ashby will be participants of VHSL Division IV. The VHSL Divisional Alignments only are effective in Football, Boys Basketball, and Girls Basketball and the divisions are based upon school enrollment.
The Valley District began play within VHSL Group 'AA' and Region III in the Fall of 2011.
Recently, the VHSL released a new plan where Stuarts Draft High School would rejoin the Valley District in the start of the 2013 school year from Group A Shenandoah District, giving the district 8 teams. The plan has not yet been approved, but likely will be. [1]
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