West Aurora athletic director Jason Buckley said his school is in “hurry up and wait” mode as it pertains to a potential leap into the Upstate Eight Conference.

That balance tilts toward the waiting after the West Aurora school board voted Monday night to allow West Aurora High School to accept the UEC’s invitation, provided Glenbard East also opts to defect from the DuPage Valley Conference.

West Aurora and Glenbard East could swell the conference’s ranks from 14 to 16 schools in 2014-15, but there are some loose ends that need to be resolved first.