April 13th Meeting Minutes

 

PROPOSAL:  Community Council as an excused absence for athletics.

 

1.     Council blog

·        Is this the communicator’s job? Maybe, not necessarily

·        How often would the blogger have to revise the blog? Couple times a week

·        Rules for blog: no swear, no names

·        Email Heather (hparkhurst@anesu.org) if interested

 

2.     Athletic/Council participation

·        Mary’s points

     a)       Community Council is already counted as an excused absence.

     b)      Missing a practice for any reason is going to affect playing time. That can’t         change

     c)       Sports have a hidden curriculum of trying to teach commitment

     d)      After school time is extremely valuable

     e)       Practice is like a coaches classroom

     f)       It’s not equitable to those who are practicing that someone else misses               practice for Council

     g)       Practice time can’t be adjusted

     h)       Clarification: you don’t have to be at the whole practice to be able to start:              that is at the coach’s discretion.

     i)        In some situations it is possible that a student wouldn’t be at practice until               the end of the week

 

·        What defines an excused absence? Would work be considered an excused absence? What about musical practice like a piano lesson?

·        Only 1/3 to 1/6 of practice time each week is missed for Council meetings.

·        It will affect the relationship amongst the players

·        If a student is on the Council and an athletic team, he or she should not expect to get full playing time.

·        Sometimes it is necessary to make choices

·        We don’t want to exclude athletes from being on the Council (more than half of the students on the Council also play at least one sport)

·        Students should be communicating with coaches about missing practice for Council meetings

·        Clarification: are there other consequences for excused absences? Coach’s decision

 

CALL THE QUESTION, SECONDED

VOTE for calling the question: YES

VOTE for the proposal: YES 

 

 

Meeting AGENDA: April 27th, 2009 at 2:45 pm in the Mt. Abe Library

 

PROPOSAL:  Eating outside during lunch time

 

 

1.     Volunteers for Parent Info Night: April 30th at 6:30 pm

 

2.     New Proposal: Eating outside during lunch time