school politics

[The Ginger]

Hey CD, our team has been fighting school and MSHSL policy for the past 3 years of our existence, the biggest problems we are facing are 1. that if you wish to attend an event (such as a week 0 or last weekends JUMPSTART) you are required to take/invite all students and 2. when going to an event all team members wishing to attend MUST ride in a school bus or something of the sort. no one can provide their own rides.

These seem like logical rules at first, however sometimes like in the case of week zero events you wish only to bring select students (drive and pit teams) due to there not being enough space at the event or you not wanting to have to supervise all of those extra students.

Another problem is transportation, buses in our district cost A LOT of money, so if we wanted to go to JUMPSTART for example it would have cost us $3000! I ended up unofficially attending with a nearby team (by the way GREAT job by CIS (4607) at putting on that event)

Are there any other teams in MN or around the country that have run into similar issues and if so how did you take care of the problem. I do understand why these rules are put in place but they are hampering the growth and development of our program.

Thank you for any help you can provide.