"I don't feel like we are just trying to be stubborn," Jarman said. "We just want to make it fair for those kids who attend those schools. How is everyone going to feel when a student who attends a school gets bumped from a (roster) and a student who doesn't attend that school makes it?"

There are other issues like how do coaches check attendance, grades and other team requirements?

"What activities are we talking about?" Jarman said. "Could these students run for student government?"

Madsen said Thursday that students were interested in everything from football and baseball to choir, drama and chess clubs. The UHSAA doesn't oversee activities like chess or club sports like lacrosse and rodeo, although, some of those groups use school facilities.

Jarman said the district has already offered one charter school the ability to be part-time students at traditional schools and then be eligible to participate in activities and athletics.

"We thought that was a compromise that might work," he said.

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