The Kensington Lakes Activities Association (KLAA) is an athletic conference for high schools in Michigan. It was formed in the 2008-2009 school year as a result of the merger of the Kensington Valley Conference and the Western Lakes Activities Association, plus two other schools joining from the Oakland Activities Association and the newly built South Lyon East.[1] The league started in 2008 with 23 teams. Howell Parker was to join the KLAA when the conference was first created, but closed after only one year of operation and later re-opened as a middle school. Grand Blanc joined in 2009 to give the league 24 teams.[2]
| Team | Location | Enrollment | Joined | Previous Conference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Division | |||||
| 2,079 | 2008 | Kensington Valley Conference | |||
| 1,977 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association | |||
| 1,935 | 2008 | Kensington Valley Conference | |||
| 2,200 | 2008 | Kensington Valley Conference | |||
| 2,500 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association | |||
| 2,070 | 2008 | Kensington Valley Conference | |||
| 2,050 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association | |||
| 2,019 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association | |||
| East Division | |||||
| 1,701 | 2018 | Western Wayne Athletic Conference | |||
| 2,115 | 2018 | Western Wayne Athletic Conference | |||
| 2,756 | 2018 | Western Wayne Athletic Conference | |||
| 1,396 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association | |||
| 1,456 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association | |||
| 1,790 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association | |||
| 1,621 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association | |||
| 1,665 | 2008 | Western Lakes Activities Association | |||
| Team | Location | Joined | Previous Conference | Departed | Successive Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2018 | Saginaw Valley League | |||
| 2008 | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference | |||
| 2008 | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference | |||
| 2008 | 2017 | Southeastern Conference | |||
| 2008 | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference | |||
| 2008 | None (school opened) | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference | ||
| 2008 | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference | |||
| 2008 | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference | |||
| 2008 | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference | |||
| 2008 | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference | |||
| 2008 | 2017 | Lakes Valley Conference | |||
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bar:1 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:Brighton (2008-Present)
bar:2 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:Canton (2008-Present
bar:3 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:Hartland (2008-Present)
bar:4 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:Howell (2008-Present)
bar:5 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:Livonia Churchill (2008-present)
bar:6 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:Livonia Franklin (2008-present)
bar:7 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:Livonia Stevenson (2008-present)
bar:8 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:Northville (2008-Present)
bar:9 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:Novi (2008-Present)
bar:10 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:Plymouth (2008-present)
bar:11 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:Salem (2008-present)
bar:12 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:Wayne Memorial (2008-present)
bar:13 color:Full from:2008 till:end text:Westland John Glenn (2008-present)
bar:14 color:Full from:2008 till:2017 text:Lakeland (2008-2017)
bar:15 color:Full from:2008 till:2017 text:Milford (2008-2017)
bar:16 color:Full from:2008 till:2017 text:Pinckney (2008-2017)
bar:17 color:Full from:2008 till:2017 text:South Lyon (2008-2017)
bar:18 color:Full from:2008 till:2017 text:South Lyon East (2008-2017) bar:19 color:Full from:2008 till:2017 text:Waterford Kettering (2008-2017)
bar:20 color:Full from:2008 till:2017 text:Waterford Mott (2008-2017)
bar:21 color:Full from:2008 till:2017 text:Walled Lake Central (2008-2017)
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bar:25 color:Full from:2018 till:end text:Belleville (2018-present)
bar:26. color:Full from:2018 till:end text:Dearborn Fordson (2018-present)
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On March 13, 2017, Milford, South Lyon, South Lyon East, Walled Lake Central, Walled Lake Northern, Walled Lake Western, Waterford Kettering, Waterford Mott, and White Lake Lakeland announced plans to leave the KLAA to form a new conference entitled the Lakes Valley Conference, effective starting the 2017-2018 school year.[3] Pinckney also left the KLAA in 2017 to join the Southeastern Conference. These departures prompted the KLAA to switch from a four division system of North, South, West, and Central divisions to a two division system of Black and Gold divisions, and later, East and West divisions.
The next day, on March 14, 2017, Grand Blanc was voted out of the KLAA effective for the 2018-2019 school year (due to how isolated it is from the other schools in the division) where it proceeded to join the Saginaw Valley League.[4] In its place, Belleville, Dearborn, and Dearborn Fordson joined the KLAA in 2018.