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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I the only one who thinks it's reasonable to expect the kids to attend every practice barring illness? Sounds like the kid scheduled something during a time she knew she had practice. If she called the coach to explain a dire situation like she was failing a class and desperately needed a session before a big exam, then I think it would've gone differently. But honestly, even JV, if you are on a team, you show up. If kids felt like they could be absent every now and then it really affects the team. If your goalie just didn't show up, what would you do? If the coach designed a practice around set pieces and the goalie decided she needed to see a tutor instead, how does that work? It's disrespectful. You show up unless you are ill. She knew the schedule for the team and she chose to be on it. Yes, the kids need to work with the coaches to let them know what's going on academically and the coach should be able to support that... but I wouldn't expect the coach to continually deal with kids scheduling stuff during practice time. [/quote]

NP, and totally agree with the above. Don't agree with how the coach communicated the info, however. Not okay to schedule a tutoring session during an already planned practice. [/quote]

I don't agree.  The girl that needed to attend the last practice of her previous commitment?  Sports coincide for a week or two.  If a kid can do two sports, it should be encouraged, it helps with muscle development and prevents injuries (from repetitive movements).  My daughter does two sports, and her winter practices run into HS soccer practices for a week.  She always misses two days of practice to finish one commitment, especially since the tournaments are that last week.  I see a benefit to teaching them to keep their commitments and to find ways to manage both, not to bend to the tantrums of a HS coach. The child that had a test retake.  That should always be a priority. In my daughter's HS the teachers often schedule retakes after school, specially the ones that are open-ended because kids often need more than an hour to complete those.  Not every teacher likes to come before school, and the teacher should not be the one bending over to accommodate a HS sport, it should be the other way around. High SCHOOL sports, emphasis on SCHOOL.  The soccer, volleyball, track teams are not going to get them into colleges (unless super stars), but their grades are.  How about medical appointments?  Our pediatrician, for example, only takes Saturday appointments for emergencies.  DD has monthly med checks, which I schedule after school, so she does not miss classes. The priority.[/quote]

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