Last year Paul Huddleston convened a team to review and make changes to the Athletic handbook.听听 One of the outcomes of that team's work was a change to the eligibility requirements for student athletes.听听 Paul Huddleston will present the following changes to the board:
The standard used to be 2.0 with no f聮s. Now it is pass five out of 6 with no GPA requirement (in line with WIAA requirements).听We聮ve lowered the bar for athletes to compete 聳 athletes on probation can play in games as long as they meet the conditions of the probation. We聮ve raised the bar for probation 聳 anyone under a 2.5 is on probation and must meet the necessary requirements to play 聳 or they sit out one week (and until they meet requirements). Any athlete that is not passing 5 out of 6 is suspended.听The logic behind this聟 There have been a lot of athletes that start the season on probation and never get off聟 never get a taste of competition and never really get to experience what it聮s like to be a part of the team. The hope, is that a positive experience on the field will spill over to the classroom聟 that athletes听 will have extra incentive (along with support from coaches and teammates) to improve their grades and get off probation.听Athletes will be coming to you for help if they are struggling in your class. Please don聮t sign their study hall sheet if they aren聮t being productive. I聮ve attached a sample letter, probation agreement (sent home to all athletes on probation) and the study hall sheet you聮ll be seeing. The middle school forms look like the high schools聟 just a different logo and a little different wording.
The above change is different from the current administrative proceedure and I wanted the board to be aware of, and discuss this change.听 Policy and procedure 2151 are the ones that are germaine:听 http://www.woodlandschools.org/alt/policies/2000%20Instruction/2151P%20Procedure.htm听 http://www.woodlandschools.org/alt/policies/2000%20Instruction/2151%20Interscholastic%20Activities.htm听
Attached are documents provided by Paul with more detail.