Oxbow HS Athletic/Extracurricular Eligibility Policy 1. Athletes will not be eligible for a season if: a. He/She has one or more failing grades from the marking period (quarter) prior to the season (No pass, no play) b. He/She fails a course in the middle of a season. 2. Students must carry the equivalent of five credits 3. Athletes failing one or more courses from the final marking period (fourth quarter) are not eligible to participate in the fall sports season next year. 4. Athletes becoming ineligible for a season may regain eligibility for the next season providing all courses have been passed. The athletic/extra curricular committee is in the process of evaluating our existing eligibility policy. The committee has gathered policies from other school within our area for comparison to ours. The committee would also like to solicit comments from Parents, community members and staff regarding our existing policy. These comments can be sent to the Athletic Director, Rich Thornton at rthornton@oxbowhighschool.org Please send comments prior to November 14th 2008. The committee will take these comments and information received from other schools and create a draft of an updated policy. We expect this process to take three to four meetings. Once the draft is completed it will be presented to the Oxbow community for comment. Comments will be received through a public forum sometime late February early March 2009. The committee will then consider comments from that forum and revise the draft policy and then have another public forum to discuss the revisions. If the committee deems the process complete it will be forwarded on to the board for formal policy adoption. We understand there are many points of view regarding this policy and encourage everyone to send an email and participate in the public forum. You may also contact Rich Thornton at 222- 5214 ext 158 or committee Chair Dan Smith at 222-9015