Upper Arlington City School District
Administrative Guidelines
 

5852 - SCHOOL-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES OFF SCHOOL PREMISES

The Board recognizes that there are a large number and variety of school-sponsored activities that take place off school premises. Therefore, the Board shall govern the conduct of the students who participate in those activities. Participation of students in such school-sponsored activities that take place off the school premises shall be regulated by all the applicable provisions of this Rights and Responsibilities Handbook, just the same as if the activities occurred on school premises.

The distinction between the responsibility that the District has for students and the responsibility that a parent(s) or guardian(s) has for his/her child is difficult to define in other situations occurring off school premises. These include, for example, situations in which students are not engaged in any school-sponsored activity but the students are either traveling to or from school or school-sponsored activities.

 A.Rules and regulations governing school-sponsored activities that occur off school premises shall apply to all students that are either participants in the activity or are spectators. Such rules shall bear a reasonable relationship to the purposes and to the functions of the activity.
 B.In situations in which students are off school premises and are not associated with a school-sponsored activity, the school administrator(s) will exert his/her authority over students only insofar as the actions of such students disrupt, or have the potential to disrupt, the educational process in the schools or deprive, or have the potential to deprive, other students of their right to an education within the curricular or co-curricular program or privilege of participation in the extracurricular program. The foregoing includes authority over a student where his/her misconduct occurs off of property owned or controlled by the Board but that is connected to activities or incidents that have occurred on property owned or controlled by the Board; it also includes his/her authority over a student where his/her misconduct, regardless of where it occurs, is directed at a District official or employee, or the property of such official or employee.
 C.As just indicated, participation in the extracurricular program (including but not limited to athletics) is a privilege, not a right. Therefore, even in situations other than those covered above, a principal/designee shall investigate the situation and, in consultation with other appropriate administrators and coaches/advisors, may determine to curtail that privilege for a student who has * pled or been found guilty in a juvenile or criminal proceeding of committing any act constituting a felony or misdemeanor (other than a minor misdemeanor of the traffic code) identified in the Ohio Revised Code.
  * Does not apply to students who opt for the City of Upper Arlington Diversion Program.
 D.In situations other than those covered above, the parent(s) or guardian(s) has full responsibility for his/her child. Situations where children are normally outside the scope of school authority includes, but are not limited to, the following:
  1.while in transit to and from school (except on Board buses);
  2.when a student leaves school premises during lunch period, except in locations of critical concern that shall be designated by school administrators and approved by the Board; and
  3.when a student absents himself/herself from the school property during the regular school day without authorization by a school official.