Student Participation Agreement

[EricH]

I don't have too much of an issue with the bulleted part. The GPA maybe, and the attendance bullet should include something about "unless prior commitments interfere," but that seems to be all right.The attendance policy should probably be a little looser--twice unexcused would be better.

What worries me is the agreement part. The replacement/pay full registration fee for not attending the regional is particularly bothersome. There have been known cases of people getting sick at events. If the student was sick, I don't think it's fair to force them to come, which is what that sentence does. It's also not fair to everyone else at the event who might get sick.

What is even worse is the last sentence.

Furthermore, as a delegate, if I am found responsible for violating any of the aforementioned or implied standards and policies, any delegate will be financially responsible for refunding the Missouri Academy the entire amount of registration, travel, and other costs associated with my membership.

OK, so if I am a member and I violate policies, who pays the ($6,000+)? Is it me, or is it someone else? Is the registration by share, or not? What are the implied policies?

Not to mention that the use of the term "delegate" implies a conference, not a competition. "Team member" would be more appropriate.


On my team, we only have two meetings that you have to show up at per week. Other than that, there is a "Gentlemen's Agreement" that pretty much says "I agree to follow all the rules that are in the school Code of Conduct and imposed by our work area. I also agree to be careful and not engage in horseplay." It's a bit more detailed than that, but everything on there boils down to those two sentences. We've almost never had a problem.