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I have a 10 demerit system. You begin the season with zero. If you get to 10, you're dismissed from the team.
My only excused absences are illness requiring Dr. note, funerals, or academic events for a grade.
Every unexcused absence (like, any time you are absent for any reason other than the ones I just listed) = 5 demerits.
It's amazing how priorities shift when you know you can only be unexcused absent TWICE before you're dismissed!
See also: If you are unexcused absent that week, you do not cheer the game, rally, or competition. Then you also accrue an absence for that.
So... if they have one unexcused absence it's 5 demerits. And then you tell them they can't cheer at the game which is another absence? Another 5 demerits for that, so that's 10. So basically one unexcused absence and they're gone? And being sick enough to stay home but not sick enough to see a dr is not ok? So if my teenager has a fever and I keep her home, you're kicking her off your team unless I spend $100+ on a dr note... (which I'm not doing. I don't need her to see a dr for a fever)
Side note... it is possible to have something for school that's not necessarily for a grade but is still important. SATs and ACTs, are not for grades. Prom is not for a grade. My daughter just had her school play (that she was required to be in), but it wasn't for a grade. Rest assured she would attend every one of these things. And according to your rule each one of them would have gotten her kicked off your team.
I hope I'm just reading your posts wrong, because a lot of your posts, while entertaining, really sound like you hate teenagers and everything they do. Why are you coaching them then?
By the way you talk, it's like you can't believe that teenage girls would have the nerve to have things like boyfriends and prom. Again, not saying you should excuse them for these reasons, just noticing the way you talk about the kids you coach (and their parents). I hope you don't talk TO them the way you talk ABOUT them.
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