TRIED TO GET UNIFORMITY FOR EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
The following report has been posted on www.ExposingKatyISD.com for years. No one looks at it. I'm not going to rewrite it--I'll just post it here again.
I have never found anyone who HAS read it who doesn't agree with me that the whole matter needs some attention by the District. MM
Extra-curricular activities are the primary means of social interaction for secondary school students. As such they deserve lots of attention, and oversight. In KISD, those two things are not happening, and they never have been.
The following is a report that I started for the Board shortly before Superintendent Hugh Hayes left KISD. The Board, at my insistence, had asked him many times to cause administrators, who should have been responsible, to take on the task of looking at all the by-laws, rules, et cetera that were in use at the time by every school district sanctioned club or organization, come up with some umbrella rules, and cause the principal at each school to provide the necessary oversight. Dr. Hayes never would do it! In fact, he got most all the copies of each organization's paperwork, piled it up in the board room and told me to have at it!
At that time, KISD was constantly having problems because there was a lack of rules and enforcement of the rules at most all our secondary schools. Like everything else in KISD, it's what I call "seat of the pants" administration--they just make up rules as they go along. Such a stance is not fair to students or their parents who expect more from our schools. It was simply my belief, that an organized approach would serve our school district's students. I still feel that way. I waited a year until we had a new superintendent, Leonard Merrell, and I asked him to take on the project. After I submitted this report, I never heard another word about it. That's called "stonewalling."
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN KATY ISD
The following suggestions were made in the Spring of 1995 and submitted to the superintendent, Leonard E. Merrell. No action by him or his administrators was ever made. My conclusion therefore, has to be that Dr. Merrell did not care whether co-curricular organizations were administered fairly or served the best interests of students. The effort to correct the many problems with these organizations might have been extensive at first, but once sound rules were in place, all of the yearly problems would be greatly reduced.
Co-curricular activities constitute a
major expenditure of time for a majority of our secondary students.
Our school district, through its board members,
administrators, teachers and policies, encourages students to be participants in these
programs because collectively we see and recognize the educational value to students with
regard to developing their sense of self-worth, self-confidence, competitive spirit and
leadership.
Students who participate increase their social interaction, ability
to compromise and sense of perseverance.
These activities become extremely important to them.
UIL Section 481: GIFTS OR AWARDS TO SPONSOR OR COACH
Individuals who coach, direct or sponsor League activities in grades 9-12 may be suspended if:
(a) They accept more than $500 in money, product or service from any source (over and above the stipend paid by the
school district) in recognition of or appreciation for coaching, directing or sponsorship of League activities. See Section
1202. The $500 limit is cumulative for a calendar year and is not specific to any one particular gift.
(b) They accept money, product or service for entering their student(s) in a contest or other activity.
(c) This section includes, but is not limited to, money, gifts, use of automobiles, insurance, club privileges and any funds
tendered by booster clubs for other services.
(d) It is a violation if coaches and/or their attorney(s) accept money or other valuable consideration for payment of legal
expenses incurred to file suit or take other legal action against a school, school district or the League.
(e) EXCEPTIONS:
(1) Scholarships. A sponsor or coach may accept from any source in any amount a postsecondary institution scholarship.
(2) Retirement. Upon retirement from the profession, sponsors or coaches may accept money or other valuable
consideration in any amount from any source.
(3) Annual UIL Award for Excellence. A sponsor or coach may accept the Annual UIL Award for Excellence sanctioned
by the UIL.
13.
Meetings of organizations should occur on a regular basis, at
least monthly, and the sponsor should always be present.
14.
A quorum of members for conducting business, elections, etc.,
should be stipulated in the by-laws.
15.
The principal and superintendent should be designated as
ex-officio members of all organizations and have veto power.
16.
Current handbooks of all nationally backed organizations
should be purchased yearly from club funds and kept available for any member or member’s
parent to view.
17. Local organizations should be members of district, regional, state
and national organizations when these levels exist and should participate at those levels
if funding generated by the organization is sufficient.
18.
An attendance requirement for student members should be in
place. A process for removal should be outlined.
The attendance requirement should be the same for all
students participating in extra-curricular activities and should adhere to school rules.
19.
Composition of the executive committee of an organization
should be outlined in the by-laws.
20.
Students should not be limited as to the number or level of
offices they hold in various organizations.
If the students electing them think they are able and
qualified to handle the duties, then they should be afforded that privilege.
There should be NO CO-any
office. (This is one of the ways the School District penalizes superior students by taking
away their right and chance to excel.)
22.
Membership in NHS and continued membership in NHS should be
accorded based upon an attitude by those who are doing the selecting that embraces the
idea that allows for students’ behavior changes and continuing maturity.
“Character is not based on mere personality, nor on minor
incidents unless they are repeated so as to indicate a definite pattern of behavior. We
must always be conscious of adolescent growth and development.”
23.
KISD student or parent organizations should not be involved
in political endeavors.
The penalty for doing so should be expulsion from membership
by those who so involve the organization.
24.
The process for suspension of an organization member should
be described in the by-laws.
25.
There should be a term limit of one term for the presidency
of a parent organization.
No person is indispensable and the opportunity to lead needs
to be shared.
26.
At least 7/8 of collected funds in a student or parent
organization should remain with the local school’s organization.
27.
Major accountability for sponsors, especially those who are
receiving stipends needs to be in place.
Activities of sponsored organizations need to be of high
quality, timely, tasteful, and meaningful.
NHS should be having its induction by February, the yearbooks
should come out by the end of the year, newspapers (and they should be produced) should
appear often and regularly, Student Councils should be going to district and regional
meetings, etc. Programs should be of high caliber and worthy of students’ time and effort.
Students should have considerable responsibility, but hastily
thrown together and unorganized efforts that reveal a lack of sponsor effort should result
in a change of sponsors.
It is embarrassing to attend a performance of a drill team
where attending parents are dressed up and expecting to see a quality performance and
instead have to watch something that is reminiscent of a barnyard brawl.
28.
Minutes of all meetings should be kept and should include all
decisions and activities.
No record of what was said should be kept.
Minutes should be kept by the school from year to year. The
school district should take the opportunity provided by these organizations to teach
students the importance of rules, adhering to them and accepting them in a designated and
reasonable manner.
38.
The school district policy on raffles should be widely
distributed.
42.
No-pass, no-play requirements need to be clarified in our
school district for those participating in co-curricular activities governed by UIL.
The intent of the law is to remove a student from a
co-curricular activity for six weeks (and it may go to three weeks but the same principles
apply.)
However in practice, students are actually penalized only five weeks
or less.
The scheme works this way:
Students receiving an “F” in a course at the end of a
reporting period do not have to stop their extra-curricular activity until the actual
report card is received, which may be a week or more after the actual end of the six
weeks.
However, when the grade is brought up at the end of the next six
weeks, the student is allowed to resume the extra-curricular activity immediately instead
of waiting for the report card.
This practice is obviously a convenient way to get around the
law, and it should not happen.
Perhaps an administrative regulation is in order.
43.
The meaning of Administrative Regulation FMF-R #3 “No ISS
assignments during the semester tryouts” needs to be clarified.
I believe the word “of” has been left out between semester
and tryouts, and organizations are interpreting the rule differently.
Some are letting students try out when they have an ISS
assignment during the semester and some are saying the rule only applies during the week
of tryouts.
44.
I do not believe it is legal to impose weight requirements on
students in order for them to participate in school activities and any such restriction
should cease.
45.
All by-laws should include the duties of the sponsor.
These should obviously be more extensive where a stipend (or
extra salary) is involved.
Each organized co-curricular activity should have one
sponsor.
Co-sponsorships cause a lack of accountability and responsibility.
One person must be in charge and responsible for all
decisions.
46.
Cheerleaders transferring in from other schools or school
districts should have to go through the same try outs as all other KISD students at that
school.
If they are seniors when they transfer, they should be excluded from
participating.
47.
I do not believe a merit and demerit system administered by
other students is something that should exist.
48.
All activities within an organization that are designed to
empower control either for the sponsor or other students should be eliminated.
49.
All student activities should allow for proper health care
practices: e g., students
should be allowed to eat when they are hungry, use rest room facilities when necessary and
have water breaks when they, not the sponsor/coach, desires.
They also should not practice some routine or exercise to
excess, run laps until they are about to fall over, be engaged excessively in other
punishment-type exercises, or lift weights when they are obviously too small for the
activity to do them anything but harm.
Not allowing students to take care of personal health needs
or to push them to exercise excessively in my mind borders on cruel and inhumane treatment
if not actual child abuse.
There are laws which govern harassment. No student should
feel intimidated into performing on the playing field or on a drill team “for the good of
the team or the school” if they have an injury.
A consultation with TEA needs to occur to insure that we are
in compliance with regard to some of our practices.
51.
Physicals for boys and girls need to be given by same sex
physicians who are familiar figures in each school’s attendance zone.
Section 1205: ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY [I realize these rules are out of date. If one has a child in a KISD athletic program it behooves them to get a copy of the rules under which the school district should be operating!]
(a) INDIVIDUAL REPORT FORMS. It shall be the responsibility of each school to keep on file the following required annual
forms for each student who participates in any practice, scrimmage or game.
(1) Pre-participation Physical Examination. Upon entering the first and third years of high school, a physical
examination signed by a physician, a physician assistant licensed by a State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners, a
registered nurse recognized as an advanced practice nurse by the Board of Nurse Examiners or a doctor of
chiropractic is required. Standardized pre-participation physical examination forms, available from the League office
and authorized by the UIL Medical Advisory Committee, are required.
(2) Medical History Form. Each year prior to any practice or participation a UIL medical history form signed by both
student and a parent or guardian is required. A medical history form shall accompany each physical examination and
shall be signed by both student and a parent or guardian.
(3) Parent or Guardian Permit. Annual participation permit signed by the student’s parent or guardian.
(4) Rules Acknowledgment. Annual UIL Rules Acknowledgment Form signed by the student and the student’s parent or
guardian.
(5) Parent/Student Illegal Steroid Use Form. The parent/guardian of each high school athlete, along with each high
school athlete, shall annually sign the UIL Illegal Steroid Use and Random Steroid Testing Parent and Student
Notification/Agreement Form.
(6) Concussion Acknowledgement Form. According to section 38.155 of the Texas Education Code, ‘a student may not
participate in an interscholastic athletic activity for a school year until both the student and the student ’s parent or
guardian or another person with legal authority to make medical decisions for the student have signed a form for that
school year that acknowledges receiving and reading written information that explains concussion prevention,
symptoms, treatment, and oversight andthat includes guidelines for safely resuming participation in an athletic
activity following a concussion …..’
(b) VARSITY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
(1) Subchapter M. Only students satisfying all the requirements in Subchapter M are eligible for varsity competition.
(2) Non-District Games. In non-district interschool games or contests, only eligible students may participate. Each
school shall complete a varsity eligibility list for each sport.
(3) Eligibility Forms. Schools shall submit comprehensive eligibility blanks for football, basketball, volleyball, softball,
baseball and soccer. For all other athletic activities general alphabetical listing of eligible athletes is required. One
copy shall be sent to the district executive committee chair and one copy shall be filed in the school’s office.
(4) Certification. Completed eligibility forms are to be signed by the superintendent or a designated administrator and
the coach. These forms are to be submitted before a contestant is allowed to participate in a varsity contest.
(5) Suspension. Failure to furnish correct and complete information may, upon request by the proper committee,
constitute grounds for suspension.
(c) PREVIOUS ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION FORM. The Previous Athletic Participation Form is required if a new
student in grades 9-12 practiced or participated with his or her former school in grades eight through twelve during any
previous school year in any athletic activity.
(d) MINIMUM PENALTY. If an eligibility form or a Previous Athletic Participation Form was not filed prior to competition,
and it was an inadvertent error and the student is actually eligible under Subchapter M of the Constitution, the district
executive committee is not required to demand forfeiture or to rule the student ineligible. They may assess the minimum
penalty of reprimand to the school.
(e) SUB-VARSITY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. An individual is eligible to participate in League contests if that
individual is a full-time student of the participant school the student represents, has been in attendance and has passed
the number of courses required by state law and by rules of the State Board of Education, and is passing the number of
courses required by state law and by rules of the State Board of Education.
Section 1206: SCHOOL PRACTICE AND GAME RESTRICTIONS
(a) NON-TRADITIONAL SCHOOL YEARS.
(1) Non-Traditional School Year. See Section 5 for definitions of traditional school year, summer vacation, nontraditional
school year and intersession.
(2) Rules Applicable During Intersessions and School Year.
(A) All rules found in the UIL Constitution and Contest Rules that apply to school district personnel, students,
individuals, teams and/or schools during the traditional school year also apply to the non-traditional school year
during the time school is in session and during intersessions.
(B) During intersessions schools shall schedule no more than one contest or performance per activity per student
per school week, with the exception of tournaments, postseason competition and district varsity contests
postponed by weather or public disaster.
(C) During intersessions schools shall limit practice for in-season athletic activities to a maximum of eight hours per
school week per activity, in addition to a maximum of 60 minutes per day, (or 300 minutes per week on a block
schedule), Monday through the end of the school day on Friday.
(3) Rules Applicable Specifically During Summer Vacation Months. Activities that are allowed only during summer
vacation are not allowed during intersessions unless the intersession falls within the summer months.
(b) SUNDAY PROHIBITION. A League participant school shall not participate in any athletic contest or conduct any
practice or teach any plays, formations or skills on Sunday.
(1) Violation. Any showing of films to or meetings of athletes for the purpose of instruction or reviewing of plays,
formations or skills in any sport will be construed as a violation.
(2) Coaches Sunday Meetings. This does not prevent coaches from meeting on Sunday or from seeing films or planning
an instructional program, provided no athletes are involved in this meeting.
(3) Exceptions.
(A) Golf. If the regional and/or state golf tournaments are scheduled on a Monday, the one 18-hole practice round
allowed at the regional and/or state tournament site may be played on the Sunday afternoon preceding the
meet (no earlier than 12:00 noon) if permitted by the regional or state meet director.
(B) Tennis. If the regional and/or state tennis tournaments are scheduled on a Monday, and if participants arrive at
the site on the preceding Sunday because of travel distance, it will not be construed as a violation of this rule if
school district personnel accompany or transport participants to a tennis court for the purpose of practicing on
their own, if permitted by the regional or state meet director.
(c) REGIONAL AND STATE TOURNAMENT COMPETITION ON SUNDAY. Regional or state tournament directors
may reschedule postponed or weather delayed tournaments on Sunday afternoon or evening with prior approval of the
tournament director and the participating schools and with prior permission from the UIL athletic director.
(d) SCHOOL OFF-SEASON WORKOUTS, IN-SCHOOL DAY PERIOD.
(1) Accelerated physical education activities, calisthenics, skills, strength training or conditioning exercises may be
conducted during the school year within the school day provided such activities do not exceed one regular classroom
period not to exceed 60 minutes when classes meet every day (300 minutes per week for block schedules).
(2) The 7th, 8th or zero period for athletics is considered part of the school day, provided all students enrolled in the
class are receiving state or local credit toward graduation and are not enrolled in any other physical education class.
The 7th, 8th or zero period may not be longer than other class periods. This period may not exceed one 60-minute
period.
(3) Schools may use non-traditional systems for length of classes provided:
(A) the classes meet within the regular school day;
(B) classes are alternated throughout the semester and meet on Monday-Wednesday-Friday one week and
Tuesday-Thursday the next week; and
(C) the schedule is mandated at the beginning of the semester and is not changed to allow for more time during an
abbreviated school week.
(4) This period includes dressing, the actual off-season conditioning, redressing in street clothes, etc. Passing and
punting machines, chalk talks and films are permitted. Full team drills are permitted in team sport practices.
(e) ATHLETIC/PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES. Student-athletes shall not be enrolled in more than one physical
education and/or athletic class whether or not they are receiving credit. Exceptions (with local school approval): PE Class:
adventure/outdoor education; PE substitutes; JROTC, cheerleading, drill team, marching band.
(f) OFF-SEASON SCHOOL TEAM PRACTICES PROHIBITED. School teams shall not practice outside the specific
allowable practice dates except during the one in-school day practice period. Off-season activities before or after the
school day or during the lunch periods are specifically prohibited. This does not prevent students from using school issued
shoes and/or clothing before or after school; however, participation before or after school shall be strictly voluntary and
not required, and coaches shall not instruct students in any manner. For additional restrictions, see the Football Plan.
(g) SCHOOL SUMMER PRACTICE PROHIBITED. Any specific grouping of high school baseball, softball, basketball,
football, soccer or volleyball participants during the summer months for the purpose of conditioning and/or organized
athletic team instruction is prohibited except as specifically provided for within the plans for these activities and in (h)
below.
(h) SUMMER STRENGTH/CONDITIONING PROGRAMS. Summer strength and conditioning programs may be
conducted by school coaches for students in grades 7-12 from that coach’s attendance zone only under the following
conditions.
(1) Sessions may be conducted by school coaches only on Monday through Thursday for six weeks during summer
vacation until the second Monday in August and shall be no more than two consecutive hours per day.
(2) A student shall attend no more than one two-hour session (conducted by a school coach) per day. Schools shall take
administrative care to prohibit an athlete from working with one school coach for two hours and a separate school
coach for another two hours.
(3) Sessions conducted by school coaches shall include only students who are incoming seventh graders or above.
(4) Sessions shall include only strength and conditioning instruction and exercises. Sport specific skill instruction is
prohibited. Sports specific equipment (balls, dummies, spacer dummies, sleds, contact equipment) is prohibited.
Specific groupings of athletes by sport or position is prohibited.
(5) School shirts, shorts and shoes may be provided by the school (at local school option).
(6) Attendance shall be voluntary. Coaches shall not require athletes to attend in order to try out for or participate in any
UIL sport. Attendance records shall be kept, however students shall not be required or allowed to make up missed
days. Students may work out on their own, without direction of the school coach.
(7) Fees, if any, shall be established and approved by the superintendent and collected by the school. The Texas
Education Code requires school districts to adopt procedures for waiving fees charged for participation if a student is
unable to pay the fee, and the procedures should be made known to the public. Fees for all other students shall be
paid by the students and/or their parents.
(8) Any payment for conducting strength and conditioning sessions to school coaches who instruct students from their
attendance zone shall be from the school and no other source.
(i) OFF-SEASON SCHOOL FACILITY USE. Athletes may attend open gyms, facilities and weight rooms. School personnel
shall make every effort to see that students understand that participation is strictly voluntary and never required.
Participation shall not be a prerequisite for trying out for a school team. Attendance records may not be kept. Coaches may
be present to supervise the facilities and school equipment, if permitted. Coaches shall not provide specific instruction in
sport skills. Weight lifting instruction is permitted and progress charts may be kept. Facilities may be made available to
athletes under the following conditions:
(1) Recreational opportunities receive advance approval by the local school board and administration.
(2) The dates and times of operation shall be announced, posted or publicized so that every student attending that
school is aware of the opportunity.
(3) Each activity is based on a first come, first served basis.
(4) School coaches are responsible for notifying student athletes in their sport that their participation is strictly voluntary, never
required, and is in no way a prerequisite for making the team or getting more playing time.
(5) No instruction may be given on a Sunday or during the off-season of a team sport.
(6) Someone other than a coach should be appointed to supervise facilities.
(7) Coaches should not participate with their athletes in the athletes’ sport. Such actions place the responsibility on the
coach and school to prove they are not violating Sunday and off-season regulations.
(8) Use of facilities may be restricted to that school’s student body. Note: If only members of an athletic team are
participating in their sport in an open recreational facility, it could be deemed a violation of off-season regulations.
See athletic manuals for further details.
(j) DAY OF GAME RESTRICTION. Participation in an off-season program shall not be required for varsity athletes on the
day of an in-season varsity competition, or for non-varsity athletes on the day of an in-season non-varsity competition.
(k) ROOM AND BOARD RESTRICTIONS. Workout sessions which involve meals and/or overnight lodgings are
prohibited.
(l) HOLIDAY RESTRICTION. A school shall not conduct contests or practices, use school facilities, personnel or
equipment during five consecutive days of December. Any organized or required practice will be a violation of this
regulation. Schools may choose any five consecutive days which include December 24, 25 and 26, with the following
exceptions.
(1) When December 26 falls on a Thursday schools may participate in a tournament game on December 26.
(2) When December 26 falls on a Thursday, schools shall still follow a five consecutive day restriction, including
December 24 and 25.
(3) No practice shall be permitted on any of the five consecutive days.
(4) Travel is not permitted on December 25.
(5) Travel is permitted on the 26th if a tournament game is scheduled on December 27; however, no practice shall be
permitted on the 26th.
(6) A team that has a game on December 23 could travel home on December 24 and still be in compliance with this
section.
(m) POWER LIFTING TEAM RESTRICTIONS.
(1) Power lifting teams shall be authorized by the superintendent or local board of trustees prior to their inception.
(2) If there is an in-school day athletic period, it is a violation for off-season athletes to participate in power lifting
outside the school day unless weight training is also provided during the in-school day off-season period.
(3) Power lifting teams may not, in any way, be construed as part of a student’s off-season conditioning responsibilities.
(4) Power lifting teams shall not be limited to athletes from a particular sport or to athletes specifically.
(n) SIXTH GRADE AND BELOW. No interscholastic athletic competition is allowed in any conference for teams in the
sixth grade and below. This does not apply to annual interschool elementary field days, assuming there is no awarding of
place ribbons or determination of team champions.
(o) PRE-SEASON PRACTICE REGULATIONS FOR SPORTS WHICH BEGIN PRACTICE PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL
YEAR.
(1) Student-athletes shall not engage in more than three hours of practice activities on those days during which one
practice is conducted.
(2) Student-athletes shall not engage in more than five hours of practice activities on those days during which more than
one practice is conducted.
(3) The maximum length of any single practice session shall be three hours.
(4) On days when more than one practice is conducted, there shall be, at a minimum, two hours of rest/recovery time
between the end of one practice and the beginning of the next practice.
(5) Schools shall not schedule more than one practice on consecutive days and student-athletes shall not participate in
multiple practices on consecutive days. Exception: Volleyball.
52.
Attendance at competitive events needs to target the best
possible competition,.
Our school district gets a bad name when sponsors/coaches
schedule competition with lesser groups just so their group looks good.
We are not fooling anyone.
53.
Athletic activities in which under-driving-age students are
asked to participate should include transportation for those students.
We are creating a liability for ourselves when we ask them to
ride with other students.
54.
The number of hours students are required to spend in an
activity needs to be closely monitored by the principal. Many of our organizations and
sports exceed what is reasonable.
Where athletics are concerned, UIL rules may be being
violated.
55.
There should be reasonable financial expectations for parents
of students in organizations requiring costumes/uniforms.
To not have these discriminates against students who cannot
afford the expense. There also appears to be a vast difference between the money spent by
the district with regard to boys and that spent on girls, a fact which may not adhere to
the Title IX law.
56.
Cheerleaders and drill team members should not be expected to
paint signs as part of their obligation to their team.
The athletic department or the school can pay for these if
they deem them necessary or let their players stay late and paint them.
57.
Signs placed in students’ yards to designate their membership
in an organization according to UIL rules are to be constructed by parents and should
be collected and returned to the school at the end of the year.
The collecting and returning part is not occurring.
58.
Membership in booster club boards or executive committees
needs to be picked by the membership and not the sponsor or coach.
59.
Scholarships given by booster clubs need to be given based on
merit and not on a decision by the principal to distribute them equitably among as many
students as possible.
No scholarship should be given to anyone who does not have a four
point grade point average.
The word IS scholarship.
60.
Parents should be allowed to question all decisions made in
connection with co-curricular organizations openly and without fear of retribution to
their children.
A process needs to be established for these questions to be heard.
Parents should not have to come in great numbers to be heard.
One parent with a concern is enough to warrant a principal’s
interest and genuine concern.
If principals would meet even once a year with parents (and
without sponsors/coaches similar to the way in which the Board meets with parents in
Instructional Audits), many of the problems would be brought to the surface before they
become menacing blowouts.
This effort by principals would go a long way toward
improving communication and the way our district is perceived by the public.
It is also questionable for principals and administrators to
receive the same complaints year after year while making parents feel they are the first
ever to raise the complaint.
Our community is aging and parents are aware of these habits
of duplicity.
61.
Grades for all students participating in co-curricular
activities need to be checked each six weeks.
Even if the penalty for less than acceptable grades is just
expressed concern by the sponsor, some indication of interest in this facet of students’
lives should be extended.
A computer form could be designed to direct this information
to the proper sponsor/coach so as to decrease the amount of effort needed to acquire the
information and to maintain its viability.
62.
Athletic team members should be subjected to the same level
of scrutiny by teachers as cheerleaders and drill team members.
If one group’s ability to participate can be altered by a
teacher rating system, then all groups should undergo the same process.
63.
A concerted effort needs to be made to include, not exclude,
as many students as possible in all co-curricular activities.
64.
Sponsors and coaches of all co-curricular activities need to
be evaluated yearly as to performance, quality of program, level of student and parent
satisfaction, willingness to serve, and continued enthusiasm for the job.
These positions should not be life-time sinecures.
65.
Athletic team captains, cheerleader and drill team officers
and line officers, and any other leadership position of a co-curricular organization
should be selected by the student members of the organization.
Sponsors/coaches must afford this opportunity to the
students.
66. All sponsors/coaches must remember that these are KISD programs that they are administering and that these programs are not personally their own.
67. Coaches should stop naming ten (more or less) players as "captains" of the team. There needs to be one person selected by the team members to be captain. When this honor is spread around, it dilutes the leadership lessons that the Coach should be teaching
68. Coaches and sponsors of youth organizations should never accept any gift (however described) from a student or parent or other interested party for obvious reasons. Small gifts to subject matter teachers that cost less than $10 are acceptable at Christmas or the end of the year.