TIme off?

[Billfred]

We put it up to our students for our events (two that we registered for, then Championship). Some of our team members made all three events, others skipped Championship, and some only made it to Palmetto.

[treffk]

My team has only ever competed in 2 events in one school year, the GKC and championships. While I was in high school, the school requires a field trip form with all teachers signatures for days missed due the day before you leave. They even require that for college visits.

I know 1108 gets out of missing school time by scheduling their regional during their spring break. As I'm sure many teams do this or plan one of their regionals this way.

[Katie_UPS]

Because robotics is educational, my high school treated it like a field-trip. You have to get signatures from teachers and the like. Also, students who aren't doing so hot in school are generally told they can't go by parents anyways.

If you can convince your high school to treat it thusly, you're in good shape. Also, many sports-teams members (at least in my state) have to miss school for State Competitions (or even normal competitions). If that's a similar story, mention it... any respectable school administration shouldn't say that sports can miss class, but something like robotics can't.