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Board considers High School Activities Association's spectator-ejection policy; administration, board and public seek clarifying language and legal review
Summary
The school's activities director presented a model spectator/coach/student ejection policy from the activities association; board members and public commenters questioned severity tiers, who has authority to eject and whether law enforcement should be involved; the board asked the activities director to draft clarifying language for the policy
The Brookings School District activities director presented a spectator- and coach-ejection policy recommended by the South Dakota High School Activities Association and asked the board to consider adopting it as district policy. Board members, the activities director and members of the public discussed enforcement, penalties and how the policy should apply to away games and out-of-town spectators.
Activities director Jeff Dvorak (referred to in the meeting as mister Dvorak) told the board the policy fills gaps that exist for spectators because student-athlete and coach behavior is already governed by codes of conduct and officials; the policy provides a formal progression of penalties for spectators and coaches when incidents occur. Dvorak said the Brookings community generally supports school activities and that ejection incidents have been…
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