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Originally Posted by Moon2020
Do any FRC students play sports (three-sport, varsity athletes) or are the students in band? Is FRC exciting enough for a student to give up a game or competition to participate in a District meet or Regional?
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Originally Posted by Moon2020
How did that work out? Any conflicts
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At our ~450 student high school, a large percentage (>50%) of the kids are in band. Always a good idea to keep the band directors up to date on competition dates. Found out the hard way that band directors do not appreciate it when two sections (percussion and French horn) are almost totally missing during a concert! (Choir director doesn't like it when his soloists come back from competition two days before Spring concert with no voice, but thankfully the sound guy is also our programmer/electrician so he can work some magic there . . . )
WRT athletics, we have had a number of two sport athletes, including several state qualifiers. Only a few have participated in Winter sports, however. We have had students opt out of attending competition due to athletics and others give up their sport in favor of robotics. These decisions were made carefully and thoughtfully. The toughest are the kids (and parents) who end up unable to attend competition because they tried to "do it all" and missed team requirements as a result. (We've also had kids opt out of the semi-annual Spring break band trip because it conflicted with competition.)
In all seriousness, we work with the AD, principal and superintendent to ensure they are all aware of dates and schedules. Our parents are also proactive at parent-teacher conference time and remind individual teachers of upcoming dates and even which students are involved in the current year. But with a small school, robotics has about the same % student body involvement as most of the varsity sports which helps.