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Board sends facility-use policy back to policy committee to consider easing rules for coaches and camps
Summary
After extended discussion about volunteer coaches and athletic camps, the board voted to send policy 3.206 to the policy committee for revision, seeking language that balances liability and flexibility for organized athletic use.
The Lincoln County Board of Education voted to refer a review of policy 3.206 (facility use) to its policy committee after board members raised concerns that the district’s current rules limit volunteer coaches and school-related athletic camps.
A board member outlined proposed changes based on comparisons with other counties and input from coaches, saying the current policy requires an approved employee to be present and can make it difficult for volunteer coaches and camps that serve younger students. The speaker said Moore County’s facility-use procedures appeared more flexible and that the board’s draft language would add "organized athletic teams" and explicitly permit athletic camps and training led by approved school delegates.
Board members stressed the need to protect the district against liability. Several said they wanted administrators and coaches to participate in the policy-committee review so the committee could return a balanced recommendation.
A motion to carry the matter to the policy committee passed with a second. The mover and seconder were recorded in the meeting transcript but individual roll-call tallies were not specified.
The board asked that administrators and coaches be included in the policy-committee meeting, and directed staff to return a recommended draft policy for board consideration at a future meeting.
