The Amity Board of Education adopted a new policy at its June 12 meeting requiring students to attend school of the day of any extracurricular activity or game.
The policy allows an exception for students who receive special permission from the principal or athletic director.
The policy also allows students to be removed from their athletic teams or other extracurricular activities as part of a suite of escalating penalties for “significant or recurring incidents of negative behavior.”
The new policy “codifies the Board’s belief that extracurricular activities are an essential component to a comprehensive high school experience while acknowledging that extracurricular activities and athletics are a privilege contingent on students’ attendance and behavior,” the board wrote in its monthly newsletter.