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July 25, 2010

Extracurricular policy revised

Policy: Unit 10 students may not compete on teams that compete against Unit 10

By PAUL LORENZ paul.lorenz@mcleansborotimesleader.com

McLEANSBORO — A policy revision approved Tuesday night by the Hamilton  County Unit 10 Board of Education draws the line regarding extracurricular athletic participation by its students.

The revision of the school district’s Interscholastic & Extracurricular Activities Policy stems from a Unit 10 student/athlete’s participation on a trapshooting team in Carmi this past season.

Unit 10’s policy on Athletic Extracurricular Eligibility now reads, in part:

“Any Hamilton County School student participating on an athletic team sponsored by another school, organization or club that competes against Hamilton County School District, during the time the same athletic activity is offered in the Hamilton County School District, is prohibited from participating in all athletic team activities offered by Hamilton County School District for the current semester plus the following semester.”

The revised policy applies to cross country, volleyball, football, trapshooting, cheerleading, golf, basketball, softball, baseball, track and “such other athletic activities as the Board may add from time to time.”

At the April school board meeting, Todd and Lynnette Staley spoke on behalf of their son, Tim, telling the board they felt any new policy should not apply to their son.

Tim, a Hamilton County High School football and baseball player, wound up competing with the Carmi trapshooting club after trying unsuccessfully to sign up for his own school’s trapshooting team.

School board members did not comment on the policy revision Tuesday night; board member Krystal Donelson said in April that she felt Staley should be “grandfathered” if there was a change in the school district’s policy.

Originally, Superintendent Vince Mitchell noted Tuesday, school officials working on the policy talked about expanding the district’s drug policy to encompass other extracurricular programs besides athletic teams, but “found it became very difficult to come to a consensus on how to do that.”

The school board approved the policy revision as part of its consent agenda Tuesday night.

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