[Katie Reynolds]

I'm assuming you're talking about people who don't get to go to the competitions, right?

I think it all depends on how you choose who gets to go. On our team, we all agreed at the beginning of the year that the advisors on the team would get to choose who goes to what competition. Generally, we take everyone to regionals (Chicago only being three hours south of here) but limit Nationals to 20 students. These 20 students are chosen by the advisors based on their contributions to the team throughout the entire season - not just the build. This helps narrow down who gets to go (i.e. if they had to choose between two people that worked the same amount of time during the build, but one of them helped out cleaning during the summer, helped set up Lego League tournaments, etc. the one who contributed more to the team would be going over the one who didn't do quite as much). That's just how we work.

We don't really have a problem with people complaining whether or not they are going to competitions. People pretty much know if they are going to competitions or not. If there is a student who feels that he or she deserves to go to the competitions but isn't on the list they are free to talk to the advisors and "plead their case". But ultimately it is up to the advisors to choose.

- Katie