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Eligibility for region over Thanksgiving

Posted by Clarification on 11/15/2022, 12:30 am

The side by side states that students are eligible during holidays of one week or more. TMEA says to make sure your students are passing. So if a region clinic starts on Friday at 5:00 on the weekend before Thanksgiving (no school that week) who is correct? Am I wrong in thinking their grades don’t matter here?

Re: Eligibility for region over Thanksgiving

Posted by Grades don't matter on 11/15/2022, 11:13 am, in reply to "Eligibility for region over Thanksgiving"

They would gain eligibility at the end of the day on Friday and would lose it again on the Monday when classes resume.

Re: Eligibility for region over Thanksgiving

Posted by Yes on 11/15/2022, 9:03 am, in reply to "Eligibility for region over Thanksgiving"

I mean, I wouldn't message it that "their grades don't matter," rather "all students are eligible during holiday breaks longer than 7 days or longer."

Yes, they can participate.

Re: Eligibility for region over Thanksgiving

Posted by OP on 11/15/2022, 5:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Eligibility for region over Thanksgiving"

"I mean, I wouldn't message it that "their grades don't matter,"
LOL point taken.

Re: Eligibility for region over Thanksgiving

Posted by WW Guy on 11/15/2022, 8:46 am, in reply to "Eligibility for region over Thanksgiving"

In this case eligibility would not be a factor.

"• All students are academically eligible during a school holiday of a full calendar week or more. When the bell rings to dismiss students for the December holidays, all students are academically eligible until classes resume in January. The same is true for summer recess and fall and spring breaks provided those breaks consist of at least a full calendar week. (See example at the end of this document.)"

As long as the break is the full week and the even starts after the bell rings then you should be good. However, if you have to take them out of school in order to travel to the event then you wouldnt be able to do that.

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