HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

Norcross – $41,787

North Gwinnett – $41,854

Class AAAAA (17 percent)

Creekside – $37,375

Tucker – $37,343

Class AAAA (17 percent)

Griffin – $37,324

Carrollton – $37,394

Class AAA (16 percent)

Buford – $34,911

Washington County – $35,346

Class AA (15 percent)

Lamar County – $33,021

Lovett – $32,774

Class A private (8 percent)

Calvary Day – $17,558

Aquinas – $17,008

Class A public (8 percent)

Charlton County – $17,695

Marion County – $16,870

Note: Mileage is added to base pay.

Class A schools that reach the football state finals at the Georgia Dome are asking for a raise.

The 2013 finalists — Marion County, Charlton County, Calvary Day and Aquinas — each took home about $17,000 as their share from last year’s two-day event. But that’s much less than what the 10 finalists from the higher classifications made. Norcross and North Gwinnett from Class AAAAAA received more than $41,000 each.

The total payout for the 14 schools who participated in the state finals was $438,264, according to the Georgia High School Association.

Marion County principal Glenn Tidwell, also a member of the GHSA’s executive committee that will vote on the matter, is proposing that the Class A finalists get 24 percent of the pot, an increase from the 16 percent last year. That would be a 50 percent raise.

“Even though it’s a small school and fan base, we’re bringing a large group of people,’’ Tidwell said. “Sometimes the single-A people get more excited than the larger schools. We just need to re-adjust those percentages to be fair.’’

Marion County reportedly sold $27,000 in pre-sale tickets, but got $10,000 less than that at the end of the day.

GHSA executive director Ralph Swearngin the issue will not be easy to resolve. Class A had only one championship game until 2012, when the GHSA agreed to provide for public-school and private-school state champions. The larger schools will have a hard time agreeing to give Class A schools one-fourth of the payout.

“When we decided to go with the public-private split, one of the things that got (the executive committee) to vote for it was the idea that Class A, despite two champions, wouldn’t get more slots in the playoffs than any other class, and that the shares of revenue would be the same that it’s been before,’’ Swearngin said. “That means when they got an extra chance for a championship, there would be recognition that there would be less revenue.’’

The matter will be decided Monday at the GHSA’s executive committee meeting in Macon.

Boyd headed to East Jackson: David Boyd, who led Milton's boys basketball teams to state championships in 2010 and 2012, is expected to be named head coach at East Jackson on Thursday.

Boyd has won more than 600 games and six state championships. He is the only boys coach in state history to win state championships at four schools (Milton, Berkmar, Tucker and Campbell). Boyd was forced to resign in 2013 amid allegations that he used undue influence to persuade athletes to transfer to Milton. East Jackson’s principal is Jamie Dixon, who was the athletic director who hired Boyd at Milton.