A no-F policy will officially go into effect next year, meaning
Gilroy and Christopher High students must maintain a minimum 2.0
grade point average with no F’s if they want to participate in
sports, prom, band, choir or associated student body activities.
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Students may want to watch their P’s and Q’s next fall, or more specifically their F’s, now that eligibility standards for extracurricular and cocurricular activities have been upped for fall 2011.
During a March 3 board meeting, Gilroy Unified School District trustees voted in unanimous favor of revising eligibility standards.
A no-F policy will officially go into effect next year, meaning students must maintain a minimum 2.0 grade point average with no F’s if they want to participate in sports, prom, band, choir or associated student body activities.
Up until now, current policy has mandated students cannot have a grade point average below 2.0, more than one F or more than one “N” mark – needs improvement – on their citizenship evaluation.
“A lot of districts don’t have that,” indicated CHS Principal John Perales in January when referring to the district’s emphasis on “character counts.”
The new policy to be implemented next year will have one grace loophole, so to speak.
Ineligible students may be considered for a one-time probation period which would take into account extenuating circumstances for the failing grade.
This would only be available once during the four-year high school career. After a student uses it, they will have to wait until the next quarter if their poor performance in the classroom makes them ineligible again.
To be considered for this probation period, students must possess a 2.O GPA. with one F. A panel comprised of site administration, the athletic director and a teacher will review individual cases and grant probation to only those students faced with an extreme hardship or extraordinary circumstances, according to GUSD’s board policy packet.
The new policy states students granted probationary eligibility must meet the required standards by the end of the probationary period in order to remain eligible for participation.
“This is not something new,” said Marco Sanchez, Gilroy High School principal during a January school board meeting when the policy revision was initially proposed. “It’s a standard for NCAA athletes. We use it at the collegiate level. We’d just be extending it to the high school level.”
According to the CHS Athletic Director Darren Yafai, out of 18 schools in the Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and South Santa Clara counties, CHS and GHS are the only institutions who enforce all three stipulations for extracurricular and cocurricular eligibility requirements: No F’s, a 2.0 minimum GPA and good citizenship.
