Ontario Moving to District Model in 2017

[mman1506]

Originally Posted by Kleiman

There is little complexity to the numbers.

Previous years in TDSB = $0 for regional (which is local for all TDSB schools)

Now = $7500 - $5000 covered by TDSB = $2500 to qualify for regionals
This includes a trip out of town (busing + hotel)

If we qualify for regionals that's $3000 - $1500 covered by TDSB = $1500

That's $4000 plus two out of town events
(To be clear the numbers covered by TDSB were sent to team mentors with the announcement of moving to the district model)

The bar is raised significantly higher for Toronto teams to participate. If teams think this will lead to program growth, I can't imagine how.
Teams in areas outside of Toronto that struggle to attend one event will surely not be able to pay more and go to three.

More plays for better value vs more small scale and new teams participating... Seems like a no brainer trade off to me.

For the record, we were regional semi finalists this year who may be priced out of FIRST for next year.

Remember that Karthiks numbers are in CAD. If we were still in the regional system the TDSB would have to pay out 6400 CAD to each team for registration. The additional cost is only 1100 CAD (roughly) for tons of additional value. As a fellow TDSB team I'd expect that TDSB would step up there contribution. FIRST Canada and the TDSB have a strong relationship and it has likely already been discussed.

The fact of the matter is that the TDSBs contribution is already very generous and we are already very lucky to receive any money at all. Very few school districts offer similar support.