2012 FRC Season dates

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by rees2001

That would be unfortunate because I have to have field trip paperwork submitted to my school by the 26th or we will not be permitted to attend. I may have to contact FIRST to see if they can give me a list of some of the approved dates.

I am sure I am not the only person that has to have paperwork submitted to my school before the end of the month.

I would definitely contact them and see if there are any finalized dates.

Thankfully our school only requires 30 days notice for any trip so we'll be fine.

[Jimmy Nichols]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Some schools require anywhere from 3 to 6 months notice of a trip. Also, availability of busses and drivers comes into play.

Wow! Wouldn't have thought that.

We always use a charter bus, so bus availability hasn't been an issue.

[Carol]

Originally Posted by thefro526

You're not the only one. Some of (Though it may only be the State Championship now) the Mid-Atlantic District events were still being ironed out.

I also heard that FIRST is trying to have a finalized schedule ready for release on or around the 30th of September.

The dates for the MAR qualifiers and championship are almost set and should be announced soon. They were discussed at the board meeting held last Saturday, which was open to the public. If you need to make arrangements now and can't wait for the official announcement, you can contact your local board member who can fill you in.

[rees2001]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Nichols

Our school doesn't require paperwork until we get closer to the actual trip. Why so early?

For any trips we need to submit paperwork by the end of September so our Board of Education can look into the impact on classes. They want to make sure that trips don't overlap or occur during testing periods. We also are not allowed to have trips during the last week of any quarter or after May 1st, too close to AP tests.

[Jimmy Nichols]

We don't have any restrictions like that. We conciously avoid big trips, such as marching band contests (if we can) and we avoid the OGT (Ohio Graduation Test) testing week.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by rees2001

I am sure I am not the only person that has to have paperwork submitted to my school before the end of the month.

Especially for those of us who want to travel to Canadian events. International travel takes time.

[Jimmy Nichols]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Especially for those of us who want to travel to Canadian events. International travel takes time.

We toyed with the idea of going to Waterloo last year, but our principal said he would not approve any international travel. Even though we found out that the foreign language classes travel out of country during the school year.

[JesseK]

# Regional Central Valley Regional, Madera High School, Madera, CA USA, 05-Apr - 17-Apr-2012

Event at a high school? Can anyone hypothesize if the density of CA teams is high enough for district?

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Event at a high school? Can anyone hypothesize if the density of CA teams is high enough for district?

The density in northern and southern California is very high, not so much here in the central area.

It's a brand new and unopened high school, so it's going to be fairly roomy.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Carol

The dates for the MAR qualifiers and championship are almost set and should be announced soon. They were discussed at the board meeting held last Saturday, which was open to the public. If you need to make arrangements now and can't wait for the official announcement, you can contact your local board member who can fill you in.

I was at the MAR meeting last Saturday and posted the tentative dates earlier in this thread.

5 Qualifiers over the first 5 Weeks of Competition with the Championship being in Week 7. I left out exact locations because last I heard, two were subject to change.

We still need to see how well these dates will play with the rest of the schedule before we (and many others) can start making concrete plans.

[JB987]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

The density in northern and southern California is very high, not so much here in the central area.

It's a brand new and unopened high school, so it's going to be fairly roomy.

I wonder what happened to the Fresno State's venue originally planned for?

[eli2410]

This is a list of regionals and their dates according to the venue’s website for the 2012 season of what I have found:
Alamo (San Antonio) Regional: March 1-3
Dallas Regionals: March 29-31
Lone Star (Houston) Regional: April 5-7
Washington DC Regional: March 30-31
North Carolina Regional: April 5-7
Virgina Regional: March 15-17

Originally Posted by JesseK

Event at a high school? Can anyone hypothesize if the density of CA teams is high enough for district?

We'd attend that!

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Event at a high school? Can anyone hypothesize if the density of CA teams is high enough for district?

Last year, the Arizona Regional was held at Hamilton High School.

[akoscielski3]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Nichols

We toyed with the idea of going to Waterloo last year, but our principal said he would not approve any international travel. Even though we found out that the foreign language classes travel out of country during the school year.

If your gonna go too a Canadian event, go to GTR not Waterloo. GTR is wayyy better, there are more teams and you have a better chance (1114 and 2056 were on different fields last year (GTR West 2056, GTR East 1114). And the Waterloo seating is absolutely terrible. My team traveling to the states doesn't cause any issue with our school board or principle though. We just have to have normal passports and I.D, and a list of all tools in our trailer (may not be necessary but it prevents secondary inspection).