John,

I looked into this a couple of years ago, but was informed by some
people in the know that, as a club sport unaffiliated with a high
school, we would be playing with legal dynamite by trying to enforce an
academic standards policy. That may be more the case here in sue-happy
California than where you are, but I'd definitely look into it.

Zohar Abramovitz
Head Coach
Marina Aquatic Center Junior Rowing
Los Angeles


Quoting Derek Parsons <crewcoach@...>:

> John,
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> My program, Washington-Lee HS Crew, is connected to our school. As part of
> W-L HS we are required to follow the standards for VHSL(Virginia High School
> League). VHSL states all althletes must be passing 5 out of 7 classes as of
> the 2nd Quarter to participate in a spring sport. This is pretty standard
> for all VA Schools. You may want to look at your local area for similar
> standards to go by. If you base them on current standards it will leave
> little room to complain or dispute how you came up with them.
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> Derek Parsons
> Head Coach
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>> From: "John A. Bartucz" <jbartucz@...>
>> Reply-To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com
>> To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [youthrowing] academic standards
>> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:52:47 -0500
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>> Hi All,
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>> our club is considering adopting academic standards for our junior
>> athletes. We have two main goals with these standards: the first is that
>> we would like to avoid losing rowers due to poor academic performance.
>> In the past, some parents have taken their children out of the sport to
>> focus on their schoolwork. We would like to approach these rowers
>> earlier in the process, so that we can help them manage their workload
>> and continue rowing as well. The second goal is to improve the image of
>> rowing among teachers and parents alike, in the sense that we encourage
>> hard work, both on and off the water.
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>> Unfortunately, as an independent club, we are not in a position to
>> enforce or even to look at grades. Some parents would gladly get
>> involved with the process, but I have a feeling that those would not be
>> the ones with at-risk kids.
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>> Does your club have academic standards? How do you encourage/enforce
>> them? What are the carrots and sticks that you use?
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>> thanks,
>> John Bartucz
>> Rochester Rowing Club of Minnesota
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