Arbitrary and unfair

Are CCSD rules and regulations regarding student participating in sports arbitrary and unfair? Karen Gray, an education researcher thinks so. CCSD initially denied a girl who was enrolled in an alternative school the right to participate in sports at her locally zoned high school - despite the fact that CCSD had allowed other kids from the school to participate in sports in the past.

Karen writes,

"...under Silver State regulations, all [students] can participate in high school sports. In fact, even homeschooled students can participate in high school sports programs at their neighborhood school.

The one exception, apparently, has been any student solely attending the Clark County School District's alternative school, the Academy for Individualized Study, during the reign of Clark County School District Athletic Director Ray Mathis, who is also the president of the NIAA control board.

The Academy is a diploma-granting alternative school approved by the Nevada Department of Education. It complies with the same education, testing and graduation standards as every other school in the state. Moreover, in 2004 the NIAA officially adopted state regulations to allow alternative-school students to participate in high school athletics.

Yet, Alexandra Katz, who attended the Academy last semester, was denied athletic eligibility when she sought to join her neighborhood school's bowling team.

Read "Nevada athletics regulators throw a gutterball: Star bowler’s college dreams dashed thanks to old-guard bias" at NPRI's website.