[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by EricH

For some teams, districts are not the way to go. Part of the premise is that you're close to at least one of your events--that isn't always the case. For teams that would consider their "home" district as an overnight stay, you get an immediate logistical problem, potentially compounded by an administration problem.

Logistical problem: You have to house X students for 2 nights, a fair drive from home. Twice. This takes money.
Administration problem: See "logistical problem", apply school travel rules.

If the teams were already single-event teams, this could easily be enough to overstretch them. If they're overstretched like that, something's got to give--probably the team.


I personally know one team that folded, and why. When one teacher is running the entire team with minimal support from the school, eventually the team shuts down. (By "shuts down", I mean that it transitioned to FTC/VRC/FLL, all three as I recall. The teacher in question got more help eventually, though those three programs are a bit easier to handle.)

Not only is travel a prohibiting factor for some Eastern Washington teams, but missing the extra days of school required for 2-3+ events, instead of 1 was an issue.