[swootton]

Being that we are going into our fourth year in districts after two years in a regional system I can say as a lead mentor the Friday-Sunday works way better for us. With Friday to Sunday we miss no school for the district events, 2 days for district championship and 4 days for Worlds for a total of 6 days of missed school and work as well as 5 half days of work for mentors. With the Thursday to Saturday events the count now goes up to 9 days of missed school and work plus the 5 half days. Most working people get 2 weeks(10 days) of vacation so the second option literally uses all the available vacation days. The only exception is if the traveling mentors are all school teachers or sponsor employees that get paid time off for the events. Our team has no mentors that can get these additional days off from work with pay.