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Old Mon Sep 10, 2012, 11:13pm
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The IHSA will not allow the CPL schools to play any of their games with this strike taking place.
Why not? I figured if the coaches were willing to do it -- i.e. cross the picket line, I guess -- the schools could play. Is there some sort of attendance requirement in play here?
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Why not? I figured if the coaches were willing to do it -- i.e. cross the picket line, I guess -- the schools could play. Is there some sort of attendance requirement in play here?
Apparently it is in the by-laws of the IHSA and striking teachers are not going to be coaching kids in a sport during a strike. The schools are shut down and I am sure that has something to do with that rule.

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If I remember correctly, if you missed school the day of the game, you weren't allowed to play. Not sure how that comes into play here with the strike, and kids being forced to miss school.
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If I remember correctly, if you missed school the day of the game, you weren't allowed to play. Not sure how that comes into play here with the strike, and kids being forced to miss school.
I am not so sure that is a by-law but a school or school district rule. The strike part is a by-law.

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I am not so sure that is a by-law but a school or school district rule. The strike part is a by-law.

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Hell that could have been a rumor for all I know. Makes sense though.
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Hell that could have been a rumor for all I know. Makes sense though.
It certainly is a common practice, but I do not believe the IHSA police schools to that level.

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Why not? I figured if the coaches were willing to do it -- i.e. cross the picket line, I guess -- the schools could play. Is there some sort of attendance requirement in play here?
Outsider looking in, but it makes sense to me that they wouldn't play. Considering the students would not be allowed at school, they couldn't practice - so playing would be inviting injury.
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I know in Colorado, if school is cancelled, athletics for the evening go with it. That policy is largely for weather issues, but I'm not sure there's a loophole in the policy for strikes.
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Old Tue Sep 11, 2012, 09:11am
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According to IHSA,
at yesterday's meeting, it was determined that practices can be held if the school board approves, but games are forbidden period. (One thing to be aware of--those CPL members that are charter schools are not under a strike. This includes one Illini-tier school and quite a few in the Chicago tier, as well as the entire Intra-City 3 and several in IC4).
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The school setup in that area is unlike any I'm familiar with. Is it that way in most larger city parts of the midwest?
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TA, as a former Chicago suburbanite & former Illinois resident, and as a former teacher in that state, I can tell you that Chicago is governed by a separate and different school code (law). The city is unique compared to the rest of the state. Having said that, the IHSA wouldn't treat it any differently than suburban or downstate schools.

It wouldn't surprise me if this is not common elsewhere outside of Illinois.
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The school setup in that area is unlike any I'm familiar with. Is it that way in most larger city parts of the midwest?
I do not know what is so different, because this is not even close to the first strike that I have seen since being an official and no school played games when a teacher's strike took place. This strike just happens to involve a larger area.

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I do not know what is so different, because this is not even close to the first strike that I have seen since being an official and no school played games when a teacher's strike took place. This strike just happens to involve a larger area.

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I don't think he's talking about the strike, I think he's talking about the actual organizational structure.
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