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Unread 05-02-2010, 17:01
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FRC #6617 (Bellinghan High School Black Hawks Robotics Club)
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Re: How many days have you lost to snow or other inclement weather?

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if we could get into the school we would, but the alarm system turns on and we cant get into the school where the shop is. we also cant pull students out of class. the school system would not stand for that. we had a hard enough time convincing them to let us go to the DC regional during a so called "field trip blackout week" because of SOLs (virginia's standardized test). Also there would be no way to get mentors to help students build during the school day. So it looks like we are just going to go into crunch mode a little early and meet at every possible date.
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Im a student on the team. however, our team is led by a parent and the teacher only helps with the trip planning, paper work, and building coordination
very unfortunate our school and district are our 2 biggest sponsors i think if the school knew about the benefits FIRST can have on a student, and you had more faculty involved, you would get more support from the school
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2011 Boston Regional
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