March 1 - Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools

Kansan – March 12, 2009Piper to increase eligibility policy?by Nick SloanEarlier this week, the Piper Board of Education held its monthly meeting.While it was not formally on their agenda, the school district briefly spoke about the possibility of the schooldistrict increasing its eligibility regarding student participation in extracurricular activities.Board member Rick Kaminski brought up the discussion, suggesting the school district would address it toincrease academic success. He also suggested that some student-athletes from the Kansas City, Kan., PublicSchools District are transferring to Piper because of the district's eligibility policy.Last year, KCKPS increased the district's eligibility standards.Still, Piper Athletic Director Richard Tatro dismissed the notion of increasing standards just because KCKPSdid."District 500 may have done it because they have a real problem with expectations," he said.An item about extracurricular participation is not expected to be on next month's agenda.