[Ms_ahead] ADD and request to be excused from greek housing contract

[Stacey Reycraft]

Hi Suzy,

We are getting this type of request more and more often.  At Ole 
Miss, it is required that Freshman students live on campus their 
first year, unless their parents live in Oxford.

For us, the issue of waiving that requirement for students who claim 
the dorms are too distracting for studying is considered 
unreasonable.  The dorms are where students  sleep, eat, and 
socialize.  Yes, they can study if their dorm rooms if they want, but 
they are primarily where students LIVE.

There are other places on campus to study - most dorms have study 
rooms, there is the library, there are lounges through campus, as 
well as other places students can study if the dorms are too 
distracting.  In addition, students can always self-accommodate if 
their dorms are distracting - ear plugs are a wonderful, cheap invention!

So we do not waive the housing requirement for students who want out 
simply because it's too distracting to study in the dorms.

We may waive or be flexible with the housing requirements for other 
reasons, such as serious medical issues that require specialized 
treatment or where having a consistent sleep schedule is essential to 
functioning, but not because issues of that involve studying and distraction.

Hope this helps!

Stacey



>>Has your office supported a request from a student (with ADD living 
>>in female greek housing) to be excused from their housing 
>>contract?  The student indicated that current environment is too 
>>distracting and her grades are suffering.  I think that they sign a 
>>two year contract.  I'm interested in knowing how other schools in 
>>Mississippi handle this issue.
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Suzy B. Hebert, Director and ADA Compliance Officer
>>Office for Disability Accommodations (ODA)
>>The University of Southern Mississippi
>>118 College Drive  # 8586
>>Hattiesburg, MS  39406-0001
>>
>>Hattiesburg Campus 601-266-5024;  Gulf Coast campus 
>>228-214-3232;  Fax 601-266-6035
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