MIDDLE  SCHOOL  ATHLETIC  PROGRAM ACTIVITY  CODE

            The middle school athletic program is an important and integral part of the total school program with a primary purpose of promoting the physical, mental, social, emotional and moral well-being of the participants.  Participation in this program is voluntary and available to all students regardless of individual differences.  Participants accept training rules, regulations, and responsibilities which are unique to an athletic program.

            Discipline procedures regarding athletic participation are directly related to the rules and regulations for students in the Bellingham Public Schools (Reference board policy 3200 and 3200P – Students Rights and Responsibilities).  A participant given an in or out of school suspension will also be suspended from the athletic activity concerned during the term of the school suspension and will not be allowed to participate in a scheduled athletic contest for one week (7 calendar days) commencing the first day of the suspension.  A second offense of an in or out of school suspension during a sport season will result in suspension from all athletic programs for the remainder of that sport season.  School suspensions that occur early in a sport season when no athletic contest is scheduled will result in the student’s exclusion from the first scheduled contest.

            Participation in practice and/or athletic contests can also be affected by classroom effort and citizenship on a weekly basis.  The maintenance of acceptable levels of effort and citizenship in the classroom and around school is a prerequisite for participation in extra-curricular activities.