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Originally Posted by Racer26
I was actually aware that the Grade 10 Literacy Test is an Ontario-only thing, but, I'll admit my post made it sound like a Canada-wide thing. The truth of the matter is that until 2012, there were no regionals outside Ontario. It frequently is an issue for the ~70+ Ontario teams who have to leave several of their students home for at least one day of their competitions.
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This is an issue that "just has to exist". The 2011 NJ Regional coincided with the HSPAs(NJ state-wide proficiency test). MAR events often collide with this(though I believe MAR tries to avoid/have one of the two PA events that weekend). Now, I had trouble finding exact dates of the test via Google(seeing various dates in March-May), but as Ontario eventually moves towards the district structure, provided the test doesn't collide with Championships, that will eliminate the issue by having SatSun events or off-weeks.
I think we just need to accept that until the FRC event structure is significantly redefined, we're unlikely to see the lifting of major collisions.
And I don't believe my question earlier was answered:
other than Easter and existing venue contracts is there anything, competition structurewise, preventing VEX Worlds from being during the weekend between Week 7 and Championships?