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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At our MCPS middle school, the science teachers run it and usually get enough parent volunteers to coach some events and host practice/study in their homes, with snacks :-)
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Yes, I believe that in middle school at FCPS, teachers are involved, too.[/quote]

Nope, not universally true in all of FCPS. One year recently our MS had zero teachers involved in any direct coaching and one staffer (not a teacher) was the administrative person for Science Olympiad at the school.  Parents did all the coaching for the events. But no parents would have meant no SO at our MS. Things change year to year and school to school. Parents should not assume that extracurricular  programs will be run by teachers.

SO is a great program and is also very time-consuming for students and coaches, so not all teachers are going to have time to commit to it. It's great if teachers can be advisers but that should not be assumed. It really does need active parents. At HS level, kids run things pretty much themselves but in ES and MS, parents need at a minimum to help with transport and, for some events, coaching.

SO rules do not say that SO must be touched only by teachers/school staff. There must be a school "team coach" or adviser, usually a teacher,  who is liaison with the SO organization and assembles the teams, but the school is not required to have only teachers as coaches. Coaching can range from just ensuring kids make time to meet together, to doing more instructional types of coaching. A lot depends on the specific event.[/quote]

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