[tr6scott]

We have implemented a 1 year off rule.

This came about because of the new youth protection policy, and with this policy, we decided it needed to be policy.

We have had incidents in the past, where the graduate was a mentor and a student was a girlfriend. But there isn't any leeway in school policy, or Youth policy where a person of position, has a relationship with a student.

We have had incidents where we have had recent graduates, sitting in a pit, with a student girl sitting on his lap. Completely harmless, but just a line that can't be crossed.

We are hoping a year of separation, the recent graduates, have a little less bonding with the current team members, and come back with a little more maturity and understanding.

Time will tell.

It's tough, you spend 4 years bonding as a team, when you come back with no separation, you come back with the mindset of a student, not a mentor/adult.

Even when there are no issues, school and First policy can be broken, and the fall out is painful, and it rips the team.