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Re: First Championship

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Originally Posted by adambotz View Post
Is there a reason worlds has to be the week before AP examinations. Is there a way to rile together and try and have first push the world championship 3 weeks back until after AP exams?
This has been discussed several times before, and its been determined that the season is pretty much locked into the schedule that exists now. An obvious solution would be to push the season back or forward to avoid conflicting with the AP exams, however it isn't quite that simple.

Since FRC now has over 100 official events, it is necessary to have 7 weeks of competitions, plus the championship. Starting the season early (in mid to late December for example) would cause conflicts with the holidays, when many team members like to enjoy time with their families before the build season starts (look into the student/mentor burnout threads for examples). Postponing the championship event until after the AP exams would interfere with final exams and graduation.

Unless there were to be a drastic change to the structure of the build or competition season, FRC is pretty much locked into its existing schedule.
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Student Team 1507 (2009 - 2012):
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