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Originally Posted by Dunngeon
While this is true, the distribution of the day's was much more destructive to our school's class schedule then it had been in years past. The compressed nature was what got to many members of our team, with a few choosing not to attend DCMP or CMP because of how much school they would be missing in such a short time period. (ie. last year, Qualified for CMP wk 2, attended CMP wk 9) to this year ( OSU wk 6, DCMP wk 7, CMP wk 9)
The time crunch isn't ideal, but again, I really enjoyed the district model
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Thanks for the feedback.
Unfortunately there is not a lot that can be done about the time schedule. However we at Washington FIRST Robotics do understand that there are issues and do have a plan to help things as much as possible while working in the confines of the competition season.
For next season the current plan is to have District events weeks 1-5 and DCMP week 6 with the CMP being week 9. This of course means that some teams will still need to do back to back events if a week 5 event is closest or works best for them. However it does increase the time for planning to attend CMP which is often more problematic due to the need to fly.
Long term we would like to purchase an additional field and all the additional equipment that would allow all the district events to take place weeks 1-4 with DCMP staying week 6. Of course some of that depends on the weeks that venues are available.
Unfortunately teams may still need or want to attend their 2 district events in back to back weeks due to the timing of the different venues and which events fill up first. We have not ruled out Sat-Sun events though all of the venues this season wanted to do Fri-Sat events.
Rest assured that we do wish to minimize the impacts on students and mentors while still allowing teams to take advantage of the benefits that the District system provides.