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Angry Re: 2008 Florida Regional and FCAT

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Originally Posted by Dybala View Post
I was wondering how other teams competiting the Florida Regional and their school districts are handling the FCAT testing conflict on March 13? In Polk County, the FCAT Science and the NRT are being administered on Thursday.
Alas, the FCAT/NRT schedule has done us in here in Palm Beach county. The competition is sandwiched between the FCATs (10-14 March) and the NRTs (17-21 March). The School District of Palm Beach County has imposed a rather rigid blackout on extra-curricular activities that extends through the end of the NRTs, so the principal at our team's school has deemed that only seniors will be allowed to attend the competition, which effectively takes us out of the competition altogether.

I hope that this scheduling conflict can be fixed for 2009 and beyond. It's unfortunate when a great group of high school kids work so hard on such a worthwhile project only to see the bureaucracy crush their hopes. I'm guessing the gang-bangers will be up to their usual mayhem here in Palm Beach County, regardless of when the FCATs are scheduled. I think somebody needs to realize it's not all about what grades (and associated funding) the schools and districts get from the state, that by having this ridiculous blackout, they are missing an opportunity to keep some kids from going over to the "Dark Side." What a pity.
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