I agree that this was distasteful. However it would have been quit funny to see had they told 469 in advance.
On another note my head mentor told me when I walked into his physics classroom that we were going to states and already had a bus ready to take us. He said that some of the team and mentors had set up the pit the night before but I couldn't be contacted for one reason or another. I was jumping up and down when he said April Fools.
I then threatened to slash his tires
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Turns out we actually we were offered a spot last minute, but they turned it down due to having no time to prepare. Or so I've been told.