Hi Peggy, Congratulations, I'm sure the kids were excited! We'd be willing and able to help out with whatever you may need. I'll follow up in a separate note with some more details. Michael On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Peggy Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Fellow Coaches, > First of all, I would like to apologize for talking about the next level > of tournament when there are many teams who have not yet competed at the > local level; however, our situation requires we gather information and make > plans. > > Background: I am a volunteer at Walker-Jones Education Campus. The > extraordinary news is our team won the Core Values Award and is advancing > to Harrisburg on Dec. 5th & 6th. The thought of such a thing NEVER entered > our minds. For the past three days reality has been sinking in and I have > a couple of huge concerns: safety and funding. I really don’t know who to > turn to and then last night I thought of this group. > > The FIRST YPP states: 2 – 4 students in a room, same gender and no adults > unless they are a parent. This sounds good but not really in our reality. > I really can’t imagine three rooms of children in a hotel, two hours away > from home, who have never spent a night in a hotel. This doesn’t really > seem safe. > > Second problem ~ finance. Our school does not really have money for such > an expense for ten students. We really do not have a PTO. We are reaching > out to central office but that doesn’t seem to be working out and I can not > imagine funding being able to work through the DCPS system in less than > three weeks. > > A little more background ~ we have some outstanding parents but traveling > by car is not possible. Taking off work for three days to attend is > probably not possible. Chipping in even $50 is probably not possible. > They will all want to help but . . . the reality . . . > > Traveling back and forth is not really possible with because of the > schedule and distance. > > This is a huge honor and opportunity and we want to go to Harrisburg but I > need your advice & experience. How do you handle the overnights and where > do you get funding? > > Thank you! > Peggy > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > > -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via > VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to > subscribe. > -- Michael T. Brown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.