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description of the meeting, who was there, action items and
the next meeting date.
Note: all minutes are marked “Draft” until official
approved by the next committee meeting.
ACTIVITY STANDARDS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
VPA Office
Members
Present: Bob Davis, Dan Marlow, Shawn Pickett, Dot
Blake, Frank Pecora,
Sarah DeFelice, Kathi Bierwirth, D.G. Weaver, Bill Lawson,
Cynthia Hinrichsen, Ray Pellegrini, Bob Johnson
Minutes:
- motion
by Shawn P., second by Dan M. to approve minutes of 9/23/05.
- correspondence
- discussion on Enosburg HS letter concerning student from
Community HS of
Vermont. They are a recognized alternative program run by
the Corrections
Department. However, you do not need to be a corrections participant
to
access the program. Burlington HS has a number of students
in the program,
some who have no involvement with BHS. Issue is if a student
is eligible
to participate in home school activities. Past precedent is
if they are on
the home school rolls and were placed at an alternative site
they would be
eligible as the home school is still claiming a ADM. If the
student has no
involvement with the home school, they would not be eligible.
Ray has
asked for information from Bill Reedy. Will also discuss the
issue with
Michael Marks and bring further information to the January
meeting.
- D.G.
presented recommendation from Hockey Committee that students
be required to be on their schools roster for 60% of the regular
season games in
order to participate in the tournament. Also discussed the
10 day rest period
which the committee feels does not happen now. Background
– this became
an issue when the VT Glades decided to go year round and started
recruiting
high school students for their teams. Discussion. Motion by
Bill L., second
by Dan M. to support the Hockey Committee recommendation contingent
upon legal review. Vote – approved unanimously. To be implemented
immediately
if it passes legal review.
- issue
of 8th graders playing on sub-varsity team tabled until January
meeting.
Bob will survey New England states to find out what they allow.
- discussion
on intent and purpose of Individual Participation limits.
U-32 had
asked a question concerning the use of a specialty player.
This issue is covered
in the Football Guide and would allow the student to participate
in more time than the policy mentions. Policy was established
with student safety the paramount concern. Limits are fine
as listed. No further action.
- discussion
on issue of club vs. varsity team status. Bob J. explained
what In-Door
Track has done (all teams must have varsity status at their
school by November 2006 in order to be eligible for state
championship). Some schools are reluctant to grant varsity
status to new sports due to contractual issues and funding
issues. However, the VPA has said you have to be a varsity
team in order to qualify for a state championship. No further
action.
- discussion
on ejections from the Fall season. Soccer is in the process
of redefining
how they award red cards. This could lead to less ejections
as there is confusion
about “yellow-red” vs. “red”. Number of ejections was up compared
to last year. No further action.
- discussion
on what constitutes “adequate” medical coverage at activities.
Schools
struggle with this as some schools have trainers, some have
EMT’s and some have
on-call ambulance services. Letter from parent in Middlebury
highlighted this issue. Schools are required to have medical
services available. Leave it as is for right now. No further
action.
- brief
update on Cheerleading divisions. D I schools have been encouraged
to
remain in D I in order to have a viable tournament. Several
schools who had been placed D II have agreed to move to D
I. No further action.
- discussion
on a school’s ability to play on Sunday. Decision to table
the item until
January meeting in order to talk with Michael Marks.
- adjourned
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