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Board approves amended coaches handbook after debate on conduct and evaluation
Summary
After detailed review and member concerns about removed content, the board amended and approved an updated coaches handbook adding language about being under the influence of alcohol and illegal drugs, and clarified references to the WIAA and code-of-ethics language.
The board spent an extended discussion reviewing an 89-page updated coaches handbook and approved an amendment to the code-of-ethics language before adopting the handbook as amended.
A board member argued the code should read that a coach must "avoid the use and be under the influence of alcohol, illegal drugs, and tobacco products when in contact with players," and proposed dropping a line referencing the Meriwick constitution. After discussion (including questions about training, bloodborne-pathogens certification and where policy links should live), the proposed amendment was seconded and adopted; the handbook was then approved as amended. One board member said the handbook had been shortened from a more detailed earlier version and raised concerns that some deleted specifics (e.g., food-and-drug supplement guidance, evaluation detail) might leave gaps; administrators responded that many items remain covered under state or employee-handbook requirements.
The amended handbook directs coaches to follow applicable WIAA/WIAA-related rules and clarifies local evaluation responsibility, with the administration adding implementation steps for required training and certification.
