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Board debates incorporating Jamie Krenshaw memo into athletics policy 7420, stresses clarity on 7th-graders playing up
Summary
Board members debated whether to convert an athletic-placement memo into binding board policy 7420, with members split over whether exceptions allowing some 7th graders to play JV/varsity should be handled by policy or by the APP placement process.
The Central Square Central School District board voted to send an athletic-placement memo by Jamie Krenshaw to the policy committee for incorporation into board policy 7420 and for the normal first- and second-reading process, according to a motion read by the meeting chair. "My motion is to have the memo that Jamie Krenshaw has written go back to the policy committee to be incorporated into 7420 sports and athletic programs…go through the policy committee, 1st and 2nd reading, and then come back before the board," the chair said.
Board members spent a sustained portion of the meeting debating whether the memo's provisions — notably guidance about when 7th graders may play above a modified level — constitute administrative procedure or substantive policy. One board member argued the APP (athletic placement process) can accomplish the same outcomes without embedding extra exceptions into policy; another warned that placing exceptions inside a policy risks creating "rules within rules" and administrative complexity. A different board member expressed firm opposition to permitting 7th graders to play JV/varsity when a modified team exists, saying, "I am absolutely not for, in any circumstances, 7th grader playing any varsity sport when they have a modified sport to play." The motion was seconded and put to a vote; the transcript shows the motion proceeded, but a roll-call tally is not recorded in the transcript.
