Moving Championships back

[angelah]

At ISEF (much bigger crossover with AP exams than FIRST) students take their APs right at the event. That way they don't need to schedule the event around them. That might be a future option for FIRST.

[Zebra_Fact_Man]

Originally Posted by Cory

...Not even worth discussing.

But we will anyways. For 4+ pages.

[Siri]

Do (and how do) other HS competitions hold major events in June? SkillsUSA held their championship on June 19-23. Does anyone know if graduating/graduated seniors attend this and how? How do they and other organizations (if there are any) get around the pitfalls discussed herein?

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

State Championships (like MN, OH, TX) are unofficial, off-season events. In order to move them up, FIRST would have to allow teams to unbag their robots for them, and then rebag them for Champs, something that currently would not be allowed.

So, would that be fair to teams in areas without State Championships?

One answer is that Districts would solve that problem directly. Both MN and TX seem to be considering this option.

The second is to push the state champs to after the FRC Champs (or Super Regionals).

Either way, I don't think the existence of unofficial off season events should constrain moving Champs to the benefit of all teams if that's so determined.

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

High school graduation in St. Tammany schools in 2017 is May 3 through May 9th. The seinior's last day is somewhat before that. If CMP were moved back even one more week from St. Louis, we would probably lose all our seniors.

Wow, that's amazing that LA is so out of sync with the rest of the country. I see the state track championship is the first weekend in May, so Champs could be held that late. (TX may have a similar problem.) But yes, that puts a constraint on moving it back.

[jgerstein]

Originally Posted by Siri

Do (and how do) other HS competitions hold major events in June? SkillsUSA held their championship on June 19-23. Does anyone know if graduating/graduated seniors attend this and how? How do they and other organizations (if there are any) get around the pitfalls discussed herein?

There are definitely graduating/graduated seniors attending the SkillsUSA championship. This year, it conflicted with our district's graduation. I know at least one senior in our district missed graduation because of it.

[Dibit1010]

I don't know about others districts, but in my school district the AP teachers don't have a super hard final. They were preparing you for the AP test and getting a low score on that is going to affect you more (probably) than a final exam. At least that's how it works in my area.


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