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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
You don't have to demand that the dates be changed across the entire state. Just ask for the flexibility for the robotics students to take them a few days earlier or later so they have the ability to go to the competition. ...
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Trust me, that was the battle that was fought last year (for the 2009 competition), and I proved that the dates the students would be out, would not affect them at all (they'd leave Thursday after school, with Friday being a make-up day, and any students who needed a make-up would not go to the competition that day). But they stressed the meaning of "blackout period" and said if it were broken for a few students, then other clubs at school would want exemptions too. We reluctantly got approval for seniors to go, and tried to recruit more seniors, but that became a mess, as those new seniors never came to the meetings and were very unprepared for the competition. I am not about to start this battle again.