[JohnChristensen]

Our team policy applies not just to PDA, but also talk about video games, excessive socialization, not following directions from mentors, etc. Our policy states that any students who are "off-topic" will be redirected by a mentor (usually the students' mentor), if they remain off-topic that day we (the mentors) send the students home. They can return the next day. If the student continually gets "off-topic" at our meetings we continue to elevate our response leading to parent meetings and possible removal from the team.

For the most part, our students are on the team to compete. They perform their roles well, but for every 20 great students there is always 1 or 2 problem makers. Keep an eye on it, if it could lead to a problem my philosophy is to head it off right away. Addressing problems is often harder than preventing them.