Custody of athletes at practice is not simple.  For example, the team cannot and will not assume responsibility for a student who arrives late to find that everyone is already on the water and out-of-sight.  Our arrival rules are inspired by our safety and safesport policies.  The following standards set the expectations for coming to practice (including arrival at study hall, the boathouse, the weight room, etc.):

1. Failure to comply with these rules may result in disciplinary actions.
2. Unless extenuating circumstances prevent it, coaches should be at the practice location no later than 1530 (0800 Saturdays).  Students arriving after this are considered late to practice, and before this are considered early.
3. Late arrival must be justified, or the student should not attend practice.
   1. There are attendance rules that apply in the spring.
   2. Students arriving after 1550 (0810 Saturdays) will likely be sent home unless there is a very good reason for their timing.  The duration of lateness must be proportional to the strength of the justification.
   3. Late release from a school club/activity or late departure from a study group does not justify arrival after 1550.  Students must make their teacher/club facilitator aware of their practice schedule, and depart on time to reach practice by the available means.
4. Early arrival by more than 20min is not allowed (with one exception).
   1. Students driving to the park or being dropped off in the park must stay in the car that brought them until the 20min threshold.
   2. Students arriving by non-car-means must aim to do so within the allowed window, and must not stay at the boathouse until after the 20min threshold.
   3. Exception:  a student may arrive at the practice site before the 20min threshold and remain there if at least one coach is present, and a minimum of two people are there.
5. Any time a student is dropped off at practice, their ride must not depart until the student verifies a coach is present to supervise them or another student is present per the team’s pre-rowing cardio policy.
6. Students arriving to practice on foot (no matter where they are coming from) in groups smaller than two requires written parent permission.
7. Cycling to practice is allowed.
8. Students who normally arrive via study hall, and who miss the regular study hall departure may request ride assistance from the study hall monitor given they have legitimate justification (e.g. orchestra, test makeup). The study hall monitor (in consultation with the coaches) will decide what circumstances justify going to the school and providing a ride to practice.
   1. If the ride cannot be provided, go to the school’s front office and remain there until picked to go home.
   2. If the reason the student is late for study hall departure causes frequent requests, the coaches will become increasingly less inclined to aid the student’s arrival.

These rules were written based on previous years when arrival routines were far too disruptive for successful practice.  Hopefully the team arrives in such a manner as to make these rules superfluous.