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Re: How Many teams Attend 2 Regionals?
Our team only goes to one competition for the following reasons:
1. Money - Going to a second regional is alot of money, not just in the fees for registration but also for food, hotels, and travel. for a 50 member team traveling by bus to a competition is about $20,000. if you have to fly the number jumps again. you either need to get a sponsor to pay for this ( which i think is a waste of sponsor ship considering how some rookie teams as well as veteran teams have trouble getting sponsors), fundraise, or shift the burden on the members.
2. Students missing school - I dont know how intense your school is but in northern virginia a student taking 3-4 AP classes (the vast majority of my teams juniors and seniors) cant afford to miss that much school without seeing a reflection in their grades. Even those taking regular classes would feel a burden. Just going to one regional is an academic burden for my fellow teammates and i.
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