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Show MARRIED STUDENT3 IN HIGH SCHOOL Action by the Davis County School Board dealing with married high school students participation in extra-curricular activities, has attracted much attention throughout the state and may have far-reaching significance on the married student problems. The Davis County school board ruled that students who marry while still attending high school, would not be allowed to participate in extra-curricular activities. The first test of the ruling, a case in which a prominent athlete was married during the Christmas Holidays and was dismissed dis-missed from wrestling and baseball teams in the school. The ruling has been upheld in the district court. High school students marrying and continuing to attend at-tend school, has created a perplexing problem in many Instances, and if the Davis County action proves successful success-ful In coping with the problem, the action may spread to other districts throughout the state. Under the ruling the married students are not penalized education-wise in any way, but the board has ruled that if the students marry they should drop out of extra-curricular activities, and devote de-vote their full time to education. It will be interesting to see how these regulations are accepted and whether or not similar regulations will be adopted in other parts of the state. |