How would this be handled at your school......

They'd be arrested. Suspended for 3 days, then sent to AEP, prohibited from participating in any school related activity, including baseball.

But, then the coach may "have some influence"....

I believe that our county has a zero-tolerance policy regarding alcohol. That would mean expulsion. They would have to go to the alternative high school to finish out the year and the sr. would not be able to graduate with his class. With our principal, I tend to think that he would call the police and they would be arrested for under age drinking.

In many cases drinking on school grounds, under age or legal is punishable by arrest, fine and possible jail

At our school,

They would be ticketed and fined by the police. Suspended by the school and if it is the 1st offense, they would be suspended from baseball for 1/3 of the season, coach may take additional action. 2nd offense the entire season, 3 offense cannot particpate in any extra curricular activites at all.

...caught on school property the athlete is banned from sports for 180 days.
The problem in our town seems to be the policy off campus and off season. No accountablity.
A new guidebook on policy is being drafted at this time.

At our high school this would happen:
Expulsion from school, off the team, mandatory counseling that lasts as long as it takes (through the summer most likely), participation in drug court program. Player would address the team at practice and express his thoughts about letting the team down. Might get back on team the following year at coaches discretion. Student would be allowed to take finals and off campus tutoring would be available.

Guaranteed. I know somebody it happened to. The kid might not believe it, but the school actually has his best interest at heart.

it depends......how are their stats ?

our school would not have students wandering the parking lots during school where they could get into trouble.

zero tolerance policies are for people not willing or capable of dealing with and resolving a situation with their own judgment - it's sad really (zero tolerance)

Bee,
Agree.

Bee,

I'm not sure what is to 'judsge' about being drunk during school, on school grounds. Seems to me that zero tolerance is exactly what is necessary in this situation.

judge

Shortly after the beginning of Jan, 04, 2 seniors(both signed at D-1s)from my son's old HS were arrested at a District opponent's school where they were drunk at a basketball game. Hauled to jail in another city.... they were both "suspended" from the baseball program(practice but no game participation) for 30 days. I guess they did not even slap their wrists hard cuz they did not want them to be making bad throws upon their return.... Nothing new here, happened EVERY year my son was in HS to some extent, usually to a parent/teacher's kid.

My kid KNEW that if he could not make better choices than that that he would have forfieted his "RIGHT" to play baseball while still living under my roof- never had even a hint of a problem from my son( and I am far from a good example!!!)

Done for 8 weeks. No practice no games no after school activities (can't even attend games) no exceptions.

Thanks for the responses. My first thoughts when I learned of the incident was the same as Bee's, "why were they allowed to go to the parking lot"? These kids were suspended for five days, and returned to the team. Wonder how fearful my 8th grader is of the school administration?

Should he be afraid of them?

Our school would be pretty harsh; arrest, alternative school, no sports for the rest of the year and possibly next year for the Jr. and the Senior couldn't "walk" with his class.

Then again, if it were a football player, they probably would ask if he needed another beer.

Sometimes it is best to invoke a penalty with a visual end. In this case, if they were first time offenders of school policies, and I held the power, I would invoke a 3 day school suspension, substance abuse counciling, and a 1/2 year suspension from baseball. The baseball portion comes with the stipulation that they attend all practices in street clothes and attend all games in the dugout. Any variance of this penalty results in a full season suspension. Kids make stupid mistakes at times and I think the onfield incarceration is a penalty that would stick in the head of a real player. I would hope the mom and dad would penalize at home also.

^^ Good thoughts. Must be us crazy liberal oregonians. IMO, making their baseball team time affected by what they do in the offseason or summer is so stupid, it's unbelievable. Note to coaches: We're kids. We don't care THAT much about baseball, we do not think nor will we ever think that removing us from a team was a good idea. We will remember you, smile, and think "that dickhead kicked me off the team for something that wasn't at all related."

If you want to take an issue with behavior in uniform, that's fine. I think the rule should be, possibly, that you can't play while suspended. Possibly. What good does it do to remove kids from things they like? What's the rationale? "Gee, that'll teach him, if we remove any constructive activities for him to do. Because you know that if a kid isn't doing anything for a year and doesn't have anything to look forward to, he's sure to not start drinking or smoking again."

I do not understand why this country goes ballistic about alcohol. Honestly. Does the rest of the civilized world drink? Yes. Do they have school shootings? No. Is there a correlation between alcohol and crazy lawless teenagers? No. Don't make it so taboo, and we won't want to do it.

Jeez J where does it say offseason?