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Originally Posted by davidthefat
... but I guess its not the "FIRST Way".  |
David,
You were correct in your initial assumptions that different teams handle this differently. Before the district model, our team would send the pit crew and comp team on Thursdays (practice days), and then the rest of the team would come on Friday and Saturday. For thursdays, we would coordinate mentor vehicles in order to hual mentors, tools, and the 7-10 kids for thursday. Friday and Saturday we would schedule a bus from the school. Occasionally other conflicts would require a seperate group to ride with a parent. Students were not allowed to drive to events.
With regards to "the FIRST Way", there are lots of different ways that FIRST is done. What may seem completely ridiculous to one team is perfectly reasonable to another team. In the past, we discussed the importance of a 3rd regional and whether or not it made since to take the whole team. It was an open debate each year that included time away from school, money, and logistics. With the District model, it is less of a debate for us, but more of a debate for teams that previously did not compete in 3-4 events each year.
Good question.