The No Pass, No Play policy was issued in a Bill passed in 1984 known as House bill 72 which enacted several education reforms put in place for the public and or state funded school system.  The point of the bill was to assure that our students are succeeding in school, and not taking on more than they can handle. By not enforcing these rules, we were not only disregarding the laws of our state, but we were also disregarding the needs of our student athletes.

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It's not easy being an athlete and it’s certainly no walk in the park being a student either, an athlete's schedule is hectic and usually requires spending most evenings playing games and your afternoons at practice and somewhere in all that you have to complete all your homework and studying requirements. Some of our teams, like our 6 man football team, have a standard 8 game season, but other teams like our varsity volleyball team has a stressful total of 22 games. It’s important that our student athletes put their scholastic career first, and the No Pass, No Play policy assures that students will strive to do so or face the consequences.

 

Those who don’t meet the policy's requirements may feel angry and even resent their coaches and the administration but in the end, as our Resident Coach J says frequently, “You're a student first, athlete Second”. We as students are body responsible for our grades, playing on a team is a privilege but can also be a burden. The No Pass, No Play Grade checks and removals may have left a dark mark on our sports teams, but in the end it’s a necessary evil to assure that we succeed as students first and athletes second. 10/21/16