Appendix B: Further Detail Regarding Absences

A. Schedules for athletic and other college-sponsored extracurricular activities may not require any student to miss more than three MWF or two TTH classes or laboratories.  In addition, students may not be required to miss any two consecutive classes in any course.  In the case of conflicts, class attendance shall always take precedence over other college-sponsored activities.
 
B.   The proposed schedule for any activity planned in advance (including practices and rehearsals as well as contests and performances) must be submitted to the committee on Educational Policy in sufficient time for the Committee's review to result in a schedule change if the above guidelines are not met.  It is the responsibility of coaches or other appropriate officials to notify students, no later than the first week of classes, of any days during the semester when the students will be required to miss a class (and to remind students that, in the case of conflict, classes have priority over nonacademic events).
 
C. In extraordinary cases—for example, a team invited to participate in post-season play—exceptions may be permitted.  It is the responsibility of coaches or other administrators in such a situation to minimize class absences as far as is reasonably practical.  A similar principle applies to the rescheduling of rained-out events, although it is suggested that sports in which such difficulties occur regularly refrain from scheduling the maximum number of absences.