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my daughter is a middle school cheerleader in a small town in central kentucky. her squad is getting ready to compete in their major competition this coming saturday. my daughter has missed a few days of school over the last few weeks due to problems with migranes. the school has a policy to pull the grades of all students who participate in school athletics. they are usually pulled on friday or monday. in the school bylaws if a student has fallen below the required GPA the school is to notify the parents and the coach on friday and no later than monday. due to my daughter being absent a few days her grade had dropped the week before so when they pulled grades on friday she was not eligible. the school did not notify me at all and did not notify the coach until the following wednesday evening and she then informed me. we had thursday and friday to get with the teachers to see what was missing for my daughter to make up so the grades could be put in the system. one of the teachers was out that thursday and did not contact me until late friday afternoon. i explained the situation to her and she told me my daughter could stay monday to make up the work. in the past this really hasnt been a problem. when they pulled the grades again this past friday her grade was still a point or two to low to participate. of course we did not find this out until tuesday instead of on friday or monday like the bylaws state. when they went back and pulled the grade on monday after she finally got to get with all her teachers for the make up work her grade advanced far above the minimum requirement. however, the principal and vice principal are telling us she cannot cheer at the competition on Saturday because of the grade on friday. we all know that there have been many occassions when the grades were pulled on mondays instead of fridays and it was never a problem for any other sports team to do that. we feel we are being discriminated against because the leaders in the school do not look at cheerleading as a "real" athletic activity. Can anyone tell me anything we could possibly do to be treated fairly or make sure that the rules apply to everyone. the cheerleading coach is beside herself because my daughter is one of the strongest tumblers and bases she has on the squad. without her, they are going to have a lot of trouble just getting through there competition routine.