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Pembroke committee delays decision on athletic handbook language allowing forfeiture for safety
Summary
After several hours of discussion, the Pembroke School Committee and its policy subcommittee debated language that would bar penalties for students or coaches who forfeit contests for safety reasons. The committee suspended a motion and put a formal vote on the item on the May 6 agenda.
The Pembroke School Committee debated proposed language on April 15 that would make clear no student or coach be penalized by the district for forfeiting an athletic contest for safety reasons, but the committee suspended a motion and postponed a formal vote to its May 6 meeting.
The language under discussion — proposed by the Policy Subcommittee to be placed in the district athletic handbook — would read in part: “No student athlete or coach shall be penalized by the district in any manner for forfeiting an athletic contest against an opposing team for safety reasons. Safety reasons may include, but are not limited to, issues with the facility, playing field or surface, athletes of the opposite sex on the opposing team, injury, illness, or egregious conduct by athletes or…
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