Brown

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Nick Brown

In August 2015, Nick was a sophomore at Union Mine High School and played on the junior varsity football team. Union Mine is a high school within the District.

2 Release and Related Documents

According to Jay Aliff, the Athletic Director for Union Mine High School, prior to the 2015-2016 academic year, every student who wished to participate in extracurricular athletics was to receive an athletic handbook from their coach or Aliff’s office. According to a cover letter included in the handbook, “[t]he following information in this Extracurricular Athletic Handbook must be read, reviewed, and agreed upon by your student athlete.” Included with that handbook was an “El Dorado Union High School District Release of Liability and Assumption of Risk Agreement [for] Athletics & Cheer/Stunt.” Prior to the start of the 2015-2016 football season, Nick and his father signed this form. The release states, “my son . . . may participate in the school-related activities designated above.” Someone checked the boxes for baseball and football on the release Read and Nick signed. The release provides that if Nick “is hurt, injured, or even dies,…