5131.4
Policy
Instruction
Activities
SPORTSMANSHIP, ETHNICS
AND INTEGRITY
The Board of Education of
Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools recognizes the value of extracurricular
activities in the educational process, the values that students may develop when
they have an opportunity to participate in organized activities outside of the
traditional classroom.
Student participants and
district appointed sponsors involved with school board and/or school approved
extracurricular activities are expected to demonstrate the same level of
responsibility and behavior at practice, competitions, and extracurricular
events as is expected in the classroom.
School district representatives and students are responsible for
maintaining sportsmanlike behavior, exhibiting ethical conduct, and
demonstrating integrity. The Board of
Education of Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools further encourages the
development and promotion of sportsmanship, ethics, and integrity in all phases
of the educational process as well as all segments of the community. This includes administrators, participants,
adult supervisors, parents, fans, spirit groups, and support/booster groups.
Spectators are permitted to
attend extracurricular activities only as guests of the school district. Accordingly as a condition of this
permission, they must comply with the school district’s rules and
policies. Spectators will not be allowed
to interfere with the enjoyment of the students participating, other spectators
or with the performance of employees and officials supervising the
extracurricular activity. Spectators,
like the student participants, are expected to display mature behavior and
sportsmanship. The failure of spectators
to do so is not only disruptive but also embarrassing to the students, the school
district and the entire community.
Any spectator, including
adults, who behave in a manner that is not consistent with school district
expectations and this policy, may be removed from the event by security
personnel, school officials, or by the individual in charge of the event. In addition, the individual may be denied
admittance to future school events or activities for a specified period of
time. School officials shall send a
notice of exclusion from future extracurricular activities to the spectator
involved. Such notice is to be provided
from the activities director and/or the respective building principal. Due process shall be provided in accordance
with school district policies and shall include the opportunity for a hearing
with school officials. In the event the
spectator, removed or denied future admittance, is a student from a visiting
school, an effort will be made to work with the administration of the visiting
school with respect to future exclusion.
The district shall also have
full authority to invoke penalties or pursue legal action as consistent with
district rules, regulations, school board policies, and
To protect the rights of
students to participate without fear of interference and to permit the sponsors
and officials of extracurricular activities to perform their duties without
interference, the following provisions are in effect, but not limited to:
1. Abusive, verbal or physical conduct of spectators
directed at participants, officials or sponsors of extracurricular activities,
or conduct that interferes with the administration of the extracurricular
activity will not be tolerated.
2. The use of vulgar or obscene language directed at
students, officials or sponsors participating in an extracurricular activity or
at other spectators will not be tolerated.
The Board of Education of
Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools hereby adopts the following Spectator Code of
Sportsmanship Behavior, Ethics, and Integrity.
It is the responsibility of
the spectator to:
1. Keep cheers positive.
There should be no profanity or degrading language/gestures.
2. Avoid actions that offend visiting teams or
individual players.
3. Show appreciation of good play by both teams.
4. Learn the rules of the game in order to be a
better-informed spectator.
5. Treat all visiting teams in a manner in which you
would expect to be treated.
6. Accept the judgment of coaches and officials.
7. Encourage other spectators to participate in the
spirit of good sportsmanship.
8. Obey the instructions of school employees and officials
supervising the extracurricular activity.
Adopted: May 5, 2002