Julie in Monterey Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Hi there, I am trying to help out a friend with her daughter trying to swim for the local public high school swim team. She is enrolled with a home school charter and wants to swim with the high school that is in her district. Do any of you have experience with this? if so, would you be specific as to the steps that you or your sponsoring school took to make this happen? Also, if you wouldn't mind sharing which charter school and which traditional public school. I need examples of how and where it has worked. By the way, we live in Monterey, CA so CA examples would be great! Thank you so much (in advance!) FYI .. The assistant swim coach is her mom, and she would be the most talented swimmer on the team. It's not an issue of the team not wanting her (they do) it is an issue of it never have been done before. This could pave the way for lots of kids. Julie in Monterey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinaBreece Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I know the Ohio High School Athletic Association is very specific as to requirements for enrollment & high school athletics. I would check with the school's athletic director, who could consult the California equivalent of the OHSAA guidelines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In2why Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 http://www.cifstate.org/governance/transfer_eligibility/pdf/Parent%20Handbook%20%20I.PDF This might help. There are certain regulations for High School sports based on each states Governing body. If you called them they could at least point you to the State law that decides the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Since your friend's dd is enrolled in a public school charter, shouldn't the facilitator of the charter be working with your friend and the other public school? The daughter is legally a public school student, not a private school student (homeschools are private schools), so there will be different issues for her situation than what homeschoolers have to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in Monterey Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Ok. so I am on the parent board of our home school *public* charter school. The school offers no organized sports. The home school charter is funded publicly. Yes, the public charter is willing to work with the public district. They just have never been asked before (hard to believe) so I'm hoping to give some examples in case we run up against some resistance. I'm personally vetted in this as I'll have a high schooler in a couple of years that will want to do the same. Julie in Monterey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Look at your state and local regs. In NY it is up to the individual school district and even then, some districts leave it up to the individual principal. In my local district, the BoE voted to prohibit students from charter/private/home schools from participating in ps sports and other activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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