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[quote=Anonymous]Science Olympiad isn't set up to have individual competitors. And have had kids compete in both middle school and high school, I can see that it would be tough to start up at a school. It requires dedicated teachers (at least 2 to 3) willing to spent lots of time and energy. And, in the case of middle school in particularly, lots of parent coaches for individual events. In a usual year, there are something like 15 student members of a school team (sometimes there are 2 or 3 teams at the school), competing collectively in 23 events (subjects). Each kid ends up competing intensively in 3-4 events throughout the school year. By high school, it's possible for students to coach these events, but that means you need a cohort of 15-30 very dedicated students willing to make this a primary extracurricular. (And while teachers may not need to be doing quite as much hands-on coaching at this point, they are still very involved.)[/quote]
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