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Current Regional Locations:
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Central:
Cypress Creek High School
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South East: Florida Atlantic University
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Western:
Clearwater Central Catholic High School
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North: Lake City Community College
Invitational:
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Orlando
Science Middle School
Selection and Progression of schools from Regionals
to State Competition:
1. If there are fewer than 40 registered
teams per division across the state, all teams that compete in a
regional competition will be invited to the state competition. If
there are more than 40 teams per division across the state, the regionals
will act as a filter and only the top teams will be invited, up to a
total of 40 teams, from across the state, in each division.
2. All teams that are in counties without a
prescribed regional will automatically go to the state competition.
For those who are in a prescribed regional
competition and if there are more than 40 teams per division:
3. The top three teams from each division
will automatically be invited to state. Only one team from a
single school will be permitted. The remaining slots will be
assigned based on the percentage of the total state membership per
division that the regional has and the number of slots still available
after teams from counties without regionals have been assigned a slot at
the state. The additional slots will be filled based on
competition ranking. For example, if a region is given 4 slots,
then places 1-4 will compete at the state competition.
4. There will be a Wild Card position available in each region. It
is suggested that whichever team wins the spirit award be allowed to progress to
the state competition. The regional director must submit rationale for the
selection of the Wild Card team.
5. The state director will invite the hosting regional team to send one
team of their own.
6. State must be notified by 2 weeks after the end of the final regional of each year with the final list
of attending schools, otherwise, the slots will be distributed to other regions,
based on the discretion of the state director.
Example:
60 teams register in Division B, with 50 going to two regionals.
Regional A receives 30 teams, Regional B receives 20 teams. 10 Additional
teams are in counties without a prescribed regional. Therefore, 60% of the
teams are in Region A, and 40% of the teams are in Region B. Three teams from
each region automatically progress to the state. Since all of the
Non-Region teams progress, 17 teams from Region A are invited, and 13 teams from
Region B are invited. Note that out of those invited teams, one from each region
can be the host site team, and one can be a Wild Card Spirit Winner. The
rest should be the remaining top ranked teams from 4th place on.
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Teams |
Number Automatically Invited |
Percentage of remaining slots assigned |
Total Invited to State |
| Regional A |
30 |
3 |
60% x 24 = 14 |
17 |
| Regional B |
20 |
3 |
40% x 24 = 9 |
13 |
| Non-Regions |
10 |
10 |
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10 |
| Total Teams |
60 |
16 |
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40 |
| Remaining Slots |
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24 |
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As we organize and prepare for the regionals, more information
will be posted here. If you
are interested in becoming a regional director for the Florida Science Olympiad,
contact Mike McKee.
Updated
11/19/2009. |
