Dear Parent or Guardian:                                                                                                    January 28, 2009

Due to the high number of ineligible athletes and frequency of repeat offences, I have decided
to make a change to the ineligibility policy for wrestlers.  For the remainder of the season, the
policy is as follows:

Timeline for eligibility reporting and eligibility period (School Policy)

• Teachers submit grades on Wednesday
• The grades are compiled and I typically receive the report on Thursday or Friday. 
  While I receive the report on Thursday or Friday, it does not go into effect until Monday.
• The office sends letters home on Friday or Saturday
• The eligibility period is from Monday to Saturday.  (Even if the wrestler brings their grade
  up during the eligibility period, they are ineligible for the entire eligibility period.)

Wrestling Eligibility Policy

·         Wrestlers with 1 “D” are still eligible to participate and compete.

·         Wrestlers with 2 or more “D’s”, or 1 or more “F’s” are ineligible.

o   When they are ineligible, they will be suspended from practice, meets, and tournaments. 
(They are permitted to come to practice on picture day, Jan 28^th)

o   The following Monday, they will be expected to return to wrestling practice (unless they are still ineligible).

o   They are dropped to the bottom of their depth chart.

o   They will need to turn in their varsity jacket

o   They will be assigned fun clubs upon return to practice.

·         Wrestlers that are ineligible 3 times between now and the remainder of the season may be removed from the team. 

o   Please do not assume a wrestler has been removed from the team.  I will send a letter home upon dismissal.

o   Because this policy is starting at this point in the season, any and all occurrences of ineligibility prior
to this reporting week (Wed the 28^th) will be counted as only 1 offense.

·         I’m interested in updating this policy further by starting a wrestler specific tutoring program if someone is
willing to find and organize volunteer tutors and chaperones.

Thank you,

Dave Lehr

Wrestling Coach

Kingsley Junior High

coachlehr@yahoo.com

(309) 242-7625

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