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Re: Student Participation Agreement

I understand the problem that your team is going through. Many teams have problem with attendance with their students.

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Originally Posted by GMKlenklen View Post
First, the new attendance policy is "To miss one time is alright---to miss twice means take a hike!"
Is this policy for the time during the six weeks, or for the entire season?
It seems a little strict in my opinion. As a former student, I know there were times when I just couldn't make it, for a number of reasons. Since the agreement requires a 3.0 GPA for the entire time on the team, you might want to bring up to the advisor that students need to study for tests and finals, work on projects, etc. Sometimes students need a lot of time to work on such things, which could lead to them missing at least one robotics meeting, but probably a few more as well.

I definitely agree with you about the wording of the actual document. It is more foreboding than it is welcoming and about FIRST, and I get a little confused about the actual costs needing to be paid if a student ends up not being able to go to a competition. Do they mean the student will have to pay the entire $6000, or do they mean the student would pay his/her fraction of that cost? One last thing I'm semi-confused about is finding the "suitable replacement". Are they referring to someone else on the team, or someone completely new? If it's the latter, that would be difficult to do, as the team would be extremely far in the season and a new student would be thrown into something they probably know relatively little about.

These are some of things you should bring up to the advisor. Like Leav said, you want students who WANT to be there; if they keep coming because they are afraid of violating the terms in the agreement, the entire team morale could go down.

This is a very touchy situation. I wish you all the best with finding a solution!
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