Wow, that's..... shitty. I went to a military service academy, you know, the kind where you wear a uniform and march to lunch -- and [i]your school's attendance policy is stricter than mine was[/i]. 

I mean, I still bet they don't enforce that rule on you if you're respectful about it, because 'getting frostbite' isn't the intent behind the rule..... but I can totally see why you wouldn't step foot in them waters.