Chapter 4: Schools as the Workplace for Students and Teachers

Just like in the United States schools, our team high school has a chain of command. Obviously a school can not have every teacher or school official doing whatever he or she wants. The chain of command is meant to keep order in our school, but not to make one person more important than another. In our high school the most important people are our athlete students and the decisions are based upon what they feel they need and also what their parents believe. The coaching teachers also have a huge say since they see the students/athletes on a regular basis and know what they need. The decisions are made by these people and implemented by the school board, superintendent, and principal. Our school is more of a private school for athletes with special teachers. The teachers participate in the state programs like every other teacher in the state, but the school itself is not like the other schools in the state. Our high school is tailor made for athletes and includes more sports related activities. The state does not interfere with our planned practice time in the middle of the day. Since this is a school, the federal government plays the same role as it does in every other school in the country. We do not segregate based on race. However, our high school is for those athletes attempting to play their sport at the collegiate level. This does make our high school available only to those student athletes who have the ability to play college level athletics. Although our school is not a public school since not every student can attend, we still receive funds from the taxes placed on residents of the area. These funds are not enough to supply our school so we do charge an admission for those students attending. It is like a private school and we have a tuition.