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1. CLASSROOM: show respect to your teachers and administrators.
2. ELIGIBILITY Grades will be a factor in choosing the team . If you fail a class 1st semester, you may not be allowed to be on the team.
(Semester) You must pass 5 classes to be eligible for the first six weeks of the next semester. (Weekly) You must pass every class every week (Probation will last one week)
3. GRADING: Everyone starts with 100%. You will lose 3% for the following reasons
I don't like drama on my team, so leave it elsewhere. Also, don't pull other team members into your drama.
4. PRACTICES:
5. FACILITIES: This is our home away from home. Pick up trash, paper, etc. and have course etiquette.
6. EQUIPMENT: Each of you will be responsible for all of your equipment.
7. TOURNAMENTS: The coach decides who plays in each tournament based on many factors, including but not limited to Scoring, Attitude, Absences, Practice, Grades, and Character.
8. The Broken Arrow DRUG, ALCOHOL,
If an athlete is found to be using or possessing drugs and/or alcohol, (outside the testing policy) it will be considered a violation of the Broken Arrow Athletic Departments drug and alcohol policy. 1st Offense:
On a first offense, the athlete will be ineligible to compete for 14 calendar days and a minimum of two contests. With the permission of his/her parents, the athlete will be allowed to practice and meet with the team during this period. Parents will be notified at the earliest date possible and the athlete will enroll and attend drug awareness classes provided by the district. If the violation involved illegal drugs, a drug test will be administered at the end of the suspension period. The test will be paid for by the parent. If it is positive it will be counted as a second offense.
2nd Offense: On the second offense, the athlete will be suspended from all interscholastic activities for 18 continuous and successive weeks. Such suspension will extend into the succeeding school year if necessary.
3rd Offense: Suspension from athletic participation for the high school career
9. If you are removed from the team, you will receive a grade as low as an “F” for the semester depending on how many days you are removed from the team, but you must still show up at practice everyday.
This policy will not usurp the schools rules and procedures for drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse. This policy will compliment the drug and alcohol testing policy passed by the Board of Education in April of 1998.
Tobacco
It is illegal in the state of
If at any time, an athlete is found in possession of tobacco products, they will have their parents notified and must enroll in and attend the tobacco education classes. The coach can also establish a program of extra conditioning for the athlete.
On the second offense, the athlete will have his/her parents notified, a program of extra conditioning implemented by his/her coach, and a loss of two weeks of participation in events with a minimum loss of two contests.
On the third offense, the athlete will lose his/her participation privilege for 18 weeks. On a fourth offense, the athlete will not be able to compete at
If the student-athlete is caught in possession of tobacco at school or at a school sponsored activity; the school policy will take precedence. It will be considered to be an offense of the athletic policy.
Drugs and Alcohol
In April of 1998, the Board of Education established a drug testing policy for all athletes in Broken Arrow Public Schools. The athletic department policy works in conjunction with the drug testing policy. The athletic department policy covers situations with drugs and alcohol outside the realm of the drug testing policy.
Possession of illegal drugs and/or alcohol is not conducive with being a dedicated, committed athlete. The Broken Arrow Athletic Department has established this policy to help deal with the problems that arises as a result of drug and alcohol abuse. Its intent is to prevent and discourage alcohol and drug abuse. The policy provides consistent guidelines to be followed throughout the athletic program.
1st Offense:
If an athlete is found to be using or possessing drugs and/or alcohol, (outside the testing policy) it will be considered a violation of the Broken Arrow Athletic Departments drug and alcohol policy. On a first offense, the athlete will be ineligible to compete for 14 calendar days and a minimum of two contests. With the permission of his/her parents, the athlete will be allowed to practice and meet with the team during this period. Parents will be notified at the earliest date possible and the athlete will enroll and attend drug awareness classes provided by the district. If the violation involved illegal drugs, a drug test will be administered at the end of the suspension period. The test will be paid for by the parent. If it is positive it will be counted as a second offense.
2nd Offense:
On the second offense, the athlete will be suspended from all interscholastic activities for 18 continuous and successive weeks. Such suspension will extend into the succeeding school year if necessary.
3rd Offense:
Suspension from athletic participation for the high school career.
Self- Referral:
If a student self-refers before his/her first offense, all provisions of the first offense will apply, with the exception of the loss of 14 days of eligibility. A student will be considered to have committed a first offense. A student-athlete can self-refer one time during his career. The term "self-referral" means that the student-athlete reports drug or alcohol usage before being observed or confronted by an administrator, coach, teacher or law enforcement officer. The self-referral must occur before the student-athlete is requested to submit to a drug test.
General Guidelines:
1. A violation of the school drug and alcohol policy is considered to be an offense of the athletic policy. The athletic policy will apply in areas not addressed by the school policy. (i.e. - loss of playing time, parental conference, etc.)
2. The Athletic Department policy is in effect 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Only the provisions covering loss of playing time will not be applicable for violations that occur in the summer or "off-season" periods. "Off-season" is defined as the time period outside the O.S.S.A.A. regulated practice and playing seasons for each sport. Any time that a failure of a random or mandatory drug test occurs, the Athletic Department Drug Testing Policy and its provisions will be invoked.
3.Parents are to be contacted at the earliest possible time when an apparent violation is reported.
4. All violations are to be reported in writing to the Athletic Office.
5. All offenses committed during athletes’ career are cumulative.
6. Violations committed outside the realm of school time or a school activity are violations of the Athletic Policy, but not a violation of the school policy.
7. Extra conditioning can be an effective punishment in some cases. It is up to the head coach of to determine the amount of extra conditioning on a case by case basis or by a written policy.
The Board of Education, in order to educate and direct student athletes away from drug use and abuse, thereby setting an example for all other students of the School District, adopts the following Policy for drug testing of student athletes.
Statement of Purpose and Intent
The use and abuse of illegal drugs by students in the public schools of this nation is an ever-increasing problem. In story after story, television news media, national magazines, and local and national newspapers report the prevalence of drugs in our society. Sadly, more and more of these stories are focused on drug use and abuse by school-age children.
In addition to the well-publicized war this country is waging against illegal "street" drugs, there is mounting evidence of widespread use among athletes of "performance-enhancing" drugs such as anabolic steroids. Athletes resort to performance-enhancing drugs as a shortcut to enhanced strength, endurance and athletic ability. However, there is mounting medical evidence that the use of performance-enhancing drugs can have devastating side effects including permanent liver damage, heart damage, and significant other permanent damage to the body.
Drug use of any kind is incompatible with participation in interscholastic athletics on behalf of the
Participation in school sponsored extracurricular activities such as interscholastic athletics is a privilege. Students who participate in these activities are respected by the student body and are expected to hold themselves as good examples of conduct, sportsmanship and training. Accordingly, student athletes carry a responsibility to themselves, their fellow students, their parents and their school to set the highest possible examples of conduct, which includes avoiding the use of illegal drugs and performance-enhancing drugs.
The Board recognizes that all students have certain personal rights of privacy guaranteed by the Constitution of the
This Policy is intended to supplement and complement the School District Policy 2.9 on Student Possession or Use of Alcohol or Illegal Drugs, adopted by the Board on
The purpose of the Policy is to prevent drug use, to educate student athletes as to the serious physical, mental and emotional harm caused by drug use, to alert student athletes with possible drug problems to the potential harms of drug use, to prevent injury, illness and harm as a result of drug use, and to maintain at the School District an athletic environment free of drug use and abuse. This Policy is not intended to be disciplinary or punitive in nature. The sanctions of this Policy relate solely to limiting the opportunity of any student athlete found to be in violation of the Policy to participate in interscholastic athletics. There will be no academic sanction for violation of this Policy.
Definitions
"Illegal drugs,” means any substance, which an individual may not sell, possess, use, distribute or purchase under either federal or
"Performance-enhancing drugs" includes anabolic steroids and any other natural or synthetic substance used to increase muscle mass, strength, endurance, speed or other athletic ability. The term "performance-enhancing drugs" does not include dietary or nutritional supplements such as vitamins, minerals and proteins, which can be lawfully purchased in over-the-counter transactions.
"Positive" when referring to a drug use test administered under this Policy means a toxicological test result which is considered to demonstrate the presence of an illegal drug or a performance-enhancing drug or the metabolites thereof using the standards customarily established by the testing laboratory administering the drug use test.
"Drug use test,” means a scientifically substantiated method to test for the presence of illegal drugs or performance-enhancing drugs in a person's urine.
"Student athlete" means a member of any school athletic team that participates in interscholastic athletics.
"Athletic team" means any school organization sponsored by the
"Reasonable suspicion" means a suspicion based on specific personal observations concerning the appearance, speech or behavior of a student athlete, and reasonable inferences drawn from those observations in the light of experience. Information provided by a reliable source, if based on personal knowledge, shall constitute reasonable suspicion. In the context of performance-enhancing drugs, reasonable suspicion specifically includes unusual increases in size, strength, weight or other athletic abilities.
Education
Each student athlete shall receive a copy of this Policy. The head coach shall be responsible for explaining the Policy to all prospective student athletes, and for preparing an educational presentation to acquaint the student athletes with the harmful consequences of drug use and abuse.
Each student athlete shall be provided a consent form, a copy of which is attached to this Policy, which shall be dated and signed by the student athlete and by a custodial parent or guardian before such student athlete shall be eligible to practice or participate in any interscholastic team sport. The consent shall be to provide a urine sample at any time requested to be tested for illegal drugs or performance-enhancing drugs. No student athlete shall be allowed to participate in an athletic contest unless the student athlete has returned the properly signed consent form.
A positive result of any student athlete's drug use test will be reported to the athletic director. The athletic director will contact the school principal, the head coach, the Student Assistant Program Coordinator, the student athlete and the student athlete's parent or custodial guardian. The athletic director shall refer the student athlete who has tested positive and his/her parent or custodial guardian to the Student Assistance Program Coordinator.
Voluntary Random Testing
In addition to drug use testing as part of a student athlete's annual physical examination and reasonable suspicion drug use testing, the
No student athlete shall be required to participate in the voluntary program of random drug use testing or to consent to random testing. No adverse consequences will attach to any student athlete who declines to participate in the voluntary program of random drug use testing.
Each student athlete who delivers a properly signed consent form to participate in random drug use testing shall be assigned an identifying number by the athletic director. Selection for random drug use testing shall be on the basis of the student's assigned number rather than by name. The athletic director shall be responsible for determining a selection method that generates random results. All student athletes who have consented to random drug use testing shall be included in the selection pool each time the
The athletic director shall determine an appropriate percentage of the total number of student athletes who have consented to random drug use testing to be tested during each testing occasion. This percentage shall in no event exceed twenty percent (20%).
Random drug use testing shall be done at least once a month, although the athletic director shall have discretion to increase the frequency of such tests if he deems it necessary.
The testing procedures for random drug use testing will be the same as the procedures for annual physical examination testing and reasonable suspicion testing.
A student athlete who has voluntarily consented to random drug use testing may withdraw such consent by submitting a written revocation of consent, signed by the student athlete and, if the student athlete is under the age of eighteen (18), also signed by the student athlete's parent or guardian.
Procedures
All student athletes shall pay a fee of $15.00 when returning their signed consent forms. The fee shall help defray the cost of the testing. A fee waiver may be granted by the athletic director if payment of the fee is shown to be a substantial hardship on the student athlete or his parents or guardian. All student athletes shall be required to provide a urine sample for drug use testing for illegal drugs as part of their annual physical examination. Student athletes who elect to have physical examinations done by their personal physicians must nonetheless comply with the Policy requirements set out below regarding drug use testing.
In addition to a drug use test as part of the annual physical examination of all student athletes, any student athlete may be required to submit to a drug use test for illegal drugs or performance-enhancing drugs or the metabolites thereof at any time upon reasonable suspicion by the athletic director, head coach or assistant coach of the student athlete.
Any drug use test required by the
All aspects of the drug use-testing program, including the taking of specimens, will be conducted so as to safeguard the personal and privacy rights of student athletes to the maximum degree possible. The test specimen shall be obtained in a manner designed to minimize the intrusiveness of the procedure. In particular, the specimen must be collected in a restroom or other private facility behind a closed stall. The athletic director shall designate a coach or sponsor of the same sex as the student athlete to accompany the student athlete to a restroom or other private facility behind a closed stall. The monitor shall not observe the student athlete while the specimen is being produced, but the monitor shall be present outside the stall to listen for the normal sounds of urination in order to guard against tampered specimens and to insure an accurate chain of custody. The monitor shall verify the normal warmth and appearance of the specimen. If at any time during the testing procedure the monitor has reason to believe or suspect that a student athlete is tampering with the specimen, the monitor may stop the procedure and inform the athletic director who will then determine if a new sample should be obtained. The monitor shall give each student athlete a form on which the student athlete may list any medications he has taken or any other legitimate reasons for having been in contact with illegal drugs or performance-enhancing drugs in the preceding thirty (30) days.
If the initial drug use test is positive for the presence of an illegal drug or the metabolites thereof, the initial test result will be subject to confirmation by a second and different test of the same specimen. The second test will use the gas chromatography/mass spectrometry technique. A specimen shall not be reported positive unless the second test utilizing the gas chromatography/mass spectrometry procedure is positive for the presence of an illegal drug or the metabolites thereof. The gas chromatography/mass spectrometry technique shall be used for the initial and confirmation tests when testing for the presence of performance-enhancing drugs. The unused portion of a specimen that tested positive shall be preserved by the laboratory for a period of six (6) months.
If the drug use test for any student athlete has a positive result, the athletic director will report that fact to the school principal, student athlete, the head coach, the Student Assistance Program Coordinator, and the parent or custodial guardian of the student athlete and schedule a conference. At the conference, the athletic director will solicit any explanation of the positive result and ask for doctor prescriptions of any drugs that the student athlete was taking that might have affected the outcome of the drug use test. If the student athlete and his parent or custodial guardian desire another test of the remaining portion of the specimen, the athletic director will arrange for another test at the same laboratory or at another laboratory agreeable to the athletic director at the expense of the student athlete and his parent or custodial guardian.
If the student athlete asserts that the positive test results are caused by other than consumption of an illegal drug or performance-enhancing drug by the student athlete, then the student athlete will be given an opportunity to present evidence to the athletic director that the positive test result was produced by other than the consumption of an illegal drug or performance-enhancing drug. The
A student athlete who has been determined by the athletic director to be in violation of this Policy shall have the right to appeal the decision to the superintendent. Such appeal must be lodged within five (5) school days of notice of the original determination. The superintendent shall then determine whether the original finding was justified. There is no further appeal right from the superintendent's decision and his decision shall be conclusive in all respects. Any necessary interpretation or application of this policy shall be in the sole and exclusive judgment and discretion of the superintendent, which shall be final and non-appealable.
Before a student athlete who has tested positive in a drug use test may rejoin his team after a first or second offense, such student athlete will be required to undergo one or more additional drug use tests to determine whether the student athlete is no longer using illegal drugs or performance-enhancing drugs. The School District will rely on the opinion of the laboratory which performed or analyzed the additional drug use tests in determining whether a positive result in the additional drug use tests was produced by a drug or drug metabolite of illegal drugs or performance-enhancing drugs used by the student athlete before the offense or by more recent use of illegal drugs or performance-enhancing drugs.
Violation
Any student athlete who tests positive in a drug use test under this Policy shall be subject to the following restrictions:
First Offense: Suspension from participation in all scheduled extra-curricular athletic competition or performance for fourteen (14) calendar days with a minimum of two (2) performances or competitions. Successful completion by the student athlete and parent or custodial guardian of the substance abuse education/counseling program provided by the school district through the Student Assistance Program Coordinator. At the conclusion of the fourteen (14) calendar day suspension, the student shall be required to submit to a drug use test for illegal drugs. The cost of the drug use test will be paid for by the parents or custodial guardians of the student who is suspended. A student athlete who retests positive in a drug use test shall have violated the policy and shall be subject to the subsequent restrictions for the next offense. A student who is suspended from participation in interscholastic athletics for a first offense will continue to participate in practice and all team meetings but shall not suit up or participate in games.
Second Offense: Complete suspension from participation in all interscholastic athletics including practice, regular meetings and activities for eighteen (18) continuous and successive school weeks from the date of final determination of the offense. Such suspension will extend into a succeeding school year if necessary to fulfill a suspension. The athletic director shall refer the student who is suspended from the participation in interscholastic athletics for a second offense and his/her parents or custodial guardian to the Student Assistance Program Coordinator for a mandatory conference. At the conclusion of the eighteen (18) continuous and successive school week suspension, the student shall be required to submit to a drug use test for illegal drugs. The cost of the drug use test will be paid for by the parents or custodial guardians of the student who is suspended. A student athlete who retests positive in a drug use test shall have violated the policy and shall be subject to the subsequent restrictions for the next offense.
Third Offense: Suspension from athletic participation for the school career.
Refusal to Submit to Drug Use Test: If a student athlete with no offenses or one offense refuses to submit to a drug use test authorized under this Policy, such student athlete shall not be eligible to participate in any interscholastic athletics, including practice, regular meetings and activities, for at least eighteen (18) continuous and successive school weeks. If a student athlete with two offenses refuses to submit to a drug use test authorized under this Policy, such student athlete will be suspended from athletic participation for the school career.
Self-Referral
A student who self-refers concerning a violation of this Policy will be allowed to remain active in Interscholastic athletics, provided the student athlete successfully completes this program on substance abuse education/counseling provided by the
A student athlete who self-refers under this Policy will be considered to have committed his first offense under this Policy.
Self-referral may be used only once in a student's lifetime.
The term "self-referral" means the student athlete reports drug use before being observed or confronted, or being selected for a random test by an administrator, coach, or faculty member concerning the student athlete's drug usage or before the student athlete submits to a drug use test.
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