Chesapeake students will need 'C' average to play sports

To wranglersm: If it was only that simple. I do agree that it is the parents responsibility to raise their childern. Most at risk students come from at risk homes. Ask any teacher and they will tell you that problem childern come from problem homes. I see EXTRA curricular activites as an extra opportunity to provide a postive environment to a child whom might not have access to it otherwise. As far as holding parents to a higher standard how do you recommend we do that? Most Coachs, Band Directors and Extra curricular activites coordinators do hold these kids to a higher standard ONCE they are in the program. If they never get involved in these postive programs we lose them. I challenge you to check and see that most students involved in extra curricular avtivites do exceed the C standard. Many are on the honor roll and are leaders in their schools. If a child fails more than the parents fail. It takes a village to raise a child. If they fail the village pays.

I guess they actually want them to finally be able to read and write ,

There are a lot of good points being made , but what is sad is that there are some parents that don't feel the same way we feel about academics. There are some kids who turn to sports as a way to stay out of trouble. I would rather see a kid that makes a "D" and have him on the football field learning something about life and being a team player than have a kid that makes an "F" and is out breaking into cars because he has no guidance at all ! With the drop-out rate that we have these days, we should think long and hard about what we are asking for. I knew plenty of kids and had plenty of friends that only went to school just so they could play football or basketball. If it wasn't for that, they wouldn't have came at all. Guess what ; they at least made "D's"

Sorry.. "yourselves"...

Craig, exactly our point. Well, mine anyway. Sports are an awesome privilege, and only that. A PRIVILEGE!!!!! If the child is well rounded enough to handle the practice AND the homework I say go and play. If you can't you don't play. Why must these "adults" in Chesapeake change the rules when the child isn't doing as well? Shame, shame, shame on you Cheasapeake.. Shame, Shame, Shame...... Don't cry in 5-7 years about your gangs and violence. You've done it to yourselfs.. Remake that bed when the time comes..

Last time I checked extracurricular activities were just that - extra!! As a student your first priority should be your school work. If you can not manage to have passing grades then you should not have the priviledge to play. I know it's a bit old-fashioned but work before play makes for a well achieved day. Where's the support and teaching of good work ethics? I think Chesapeake is providing the opportunity for kids to prove themselves hard-working in school and play, which will help develop good role models in our community.

To Needs Help: The final responsibility for raising children falls to the parent or guardian, not to the school or coaches.Parents should be pushing the students to achieve good grades, rewarding them with support for their extra-curricular activities (notice the word EXTRA). Hold the parents up to a higher standard, hold the children up to a higher standard. Support good education, not just passing education, and make it a point to help other parents to hold themselves accountable for their children--if the children fail, the parents fail.

Look, a student can get C's, an A, and an F.
Doesn't the A offset the F when averaged?

I can appreciate what Chespeake is trying to do, but these young men and women go to school for one reason.

Extra-curricular activities should be seen as a priviledge.

SPORTS rule at many middle schools. Are teachers pressured to give sports stars good grades? And does this also happen at the high school level?

LAWL... implementing a C average requirement is not going to lead to more students being gunned down on the street. Thank goodness for this one, tiny good thing I've found in the sea of liberalism that is "reported" now in the paper. I praise it, and it's not even that good; a five-year old could get a C in our public schools. Still, this is better than the trend we have been seeing pushed by the leftists, this movement toward no grading, nothing negative that could hurt students' self esteem. LOL

I would challenge the Pilot to look at the results of the 2.0 GPA at the High School level. What problem(s) has it corrected? Or has it just put another hurdle in front of an at risk student? What are the numbers of student athletes that never achieve the 2.0 GPA without a Coach's encouragement? Please ask the Principals how a good Coach can have a positive influence on an at risk student. Ask how many of these students not involved on school teams attend these study halls to achieve the 2.0 GPA required? Ask how many of these students parents they see other than for discipline problems? What I see happening is these at risk students are sent out into the streets to find acceptance. Don't misunderstand me, grades are the main reason we send or childern to school or at least to pass the SOLs. I just believe that sports, band, forensics and debate teams are a part of the overall learning process. Please keep the kids at practice and not on the streets doing whatever. I can't stand to see another young person gunned down in the streets.

Like others I think the standard should be raised to 3.0. Why are we as a society willing to accept mediocrity? My parents made it known if I didn't have at least a 3.0 I wasn't running XC, and my coach enforced that same standard for our team as well.

Just another step in the "Dumbing Down Of America."

Why spend all of this money on some special study hall? Put the responsibility back on the kids to get their grades up. If it is important enough to them they will figure it out.

Why not hold them to a B average? Education should be the top priority here.

Agreed, kids today that do some sport MUST endure daily after school practice and some also do early am practice before school. Way too much practice for the sport field whereas time for homework is the sacrifice

We all want our kids to be well rounded and in an extra activity, but within reason on the mandatory practicing. They get overwhelmed and limited.

Makes just as much sense.. "C" average.. A sign of the times..

Learning comes first. When are parents going to learn this? Oh....guess some never did that's why the big push to get junior into football, basketball or baseball to earn a living.

The School Board of Chesapeake should be commended for their actions in this move to assure that the students complete the most important aspect of the educational process.
A few years ago, at a Chesapeake private school that claims to base their curriculum on the 'principle approach" my son, who was given these same requirements by me to participate in sports agreed to the terms. He did poorly on his report card on a particular subject due to poor effort on his part. He was preparing for a state championship in soccer, something this school had never achieved, and was unable to play. The assistant coach, a doctor and a deacon in my church called me and told me that I was a terrible parent and that I had let the team down, I promptly informed that it was my son who had let the team down and that I could live with his criticism. You would have thought that a school like this would have had a similar rule.

My son play sports in a Va Beach middle school. The requirement of a 'C' average should be a no-brainer. That's not a hard standard to meet. In fact, I have set a tougher standard for my son ... No grade lower than a 'C'. If he gets 5 'A's and a 'D', he doesn't get to play. After 3 years on the honor roll, he almost didn't pass 6th grade and wasn't much better in 7th grade. He wanted to tryout for football in 8th grade. I told him what my standard for his grades would be. He came home with honor roll for his last report card in 7th grade. It's a question of, how bad do they want to play sports? How dedicated are they?