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This is a very interesting discussion - Our school district has one "early college" high school, and those who attend this program fully will not graduate after four years, but rather after five...they will simultaneously receive their high school diploma and an associates degree. Our lead programmer attends this school, and we have interpreted his eligibility to end after this, his "traditional senior year." A second interpretation we have considered is that he will "age out" of student membership when he turns 19 next fall.

I really wish FIRST would make a definitive statement on this topic. It could make a significant difference to the way we, and obviously other teams, administer their program...and there is a considerable amount of "gray area" with the variety of school programs and with the teams who are unaffiliated with a specific school.