Tuesday, August 14, 2012
With the 2012-13 school year set to begin, Superintendent Joe Regano discussed the hazing policy with the school board.
Solon Superintendent Joe Regano said school officials, club leaders and coaches plan to emphasize the school hazing policy as students return. Last year, a number of Solon swimmers were disciplined after a hazing incident that took place on school property. Regano said Monday that school officials have been discussing hazing with a renewed emphasis, particularly the clause in the policy that says that even if a student consents to hazing, the act will still be disciplined. "We will work very hard to make sure all our students understand this," Regano told the school board Monday night. The Solon Schools hazing policy reads: Students shall not threaten, act, or participate in or attempt to threaten, act or participate in any act or acts …
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Several members of the Solon High Schools boys swim team were suspended from school and athletic competition for participating in a hazing incident on school property.
Several members of the Solon High School boys swim team were suspended from school and the team this week because of a hazing incident that occured on school property. Citing student confidentiality laws, school officials would not reveal what specifically happened during the hazing incident, the number of students involved and whether any of the students were appealing their punishments. School spokeswoman Tammy Strom said that the suspensions meted out to the students by high school administrators varied based on each student's level of involvement with the hazing. "The behavior leading to the discipline of these students is not acceptable at Solon High School," Strom said. Strom said that Solon Schools will not tolerate hazing and …
With several Solon swimmers suspended after a hazing incident on school property, catch up on school district's hazing and athletic conduct policies.
Editor's Note: This post includes Solon School District's verbatim policies against hazing and the athletic conduct policies that students are required to follow. We are posting this information in light of the hazing incident that led to several Solon swimmers being suspended. Solon Schools Code of Conduct and Solon High School Handbook: HAZING: Students shall not threaten, act, or participate in or attempt to threaten, act or participate in any act or acts that injures, degrades, disgraces, or tends to injure, degrade, or disgrace any student. Hazing is defined as doing any act or coercing another, including the victim, to do any act of initiation into any student or other organization that causes or creates a substantial risk of …
