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Originally Posted by Mr. Van
Where does your team work? Because our team is a "school activity" a certificated teacher MUST be with the students whenever they meet (regardless of location). For many teams this is a single person - who must be at every meeting and worksession. Some teams have schools that limit when and how late students can meet. If we effectively extend the build season, more and more teams will have difficluty with these legal/administrative issues.
If we don't want to limit the build time, I ask again, why have a ship date?
-Mr. Van
Coach, Robodox
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We work at the school we have never had problems with anything you have mentioned. We usually meet from 2:00 to 4:30-5:00. We always have an adult present. I believe that we haven’t had any problems because the robotics students are usually the most behaved in the school.
Why have a ship date? Because Fed-Ex is a sponsor and we need to ship something.
In all seriousness I think the ship date works because it gives the students(especially the new ones) a deadline. It also gives every team the same target and a time for the main build to complete.