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One of the last left apparently. We have canceled all competitions in Idaho, as our first cases have arrived. Source:https://statescioly.org/idaho

We have canceled all tournaments in Idaho as of this morning.

Late at night here out west, but an update from our friends in Nevada: State has been cancelled. Source:https://www.nvscioly.com/

Boise State University will have all classes be held online on Friday. Depending on how this goes, the state tournament could be impacted. Idaho has not had a case of COVID-19 yet, so I'm hopeful that it is still held as scheduled, but we're on the lookout. If BSU starts to cancel events or continu...

Here is the source for the Idaho Statement, if that is still needed: https://statescioly.org/Idaho

Idaho has put out an official statement saying we are monitoring the situation. Utah, to our south, has Cancelled their state events. Sources: Me, I am on the State Board of Directors for Idaho. Utah's announcement can be found here: https://www.utahscienceolympiad.utah.edu/2020/03/11/important-scie...

There may also be a financial component. This might only be for smaller states like mine, but many schools have spent quite a bit of money to ensure they are positioned well with supplies and resources sot hey can not only be competitive at State, but also at Nationals. Making sure schools and schoo...

Personally depends on a factor of how much time I have/What Event it's for/how many teams will be there. With full control of the format, an invitational of 7 teams will get a different style of a test than a full tournament of 60. The main reason for the difference is the ease of grading though. O...

Personally depends on a factor of how much time I have/What Event it's for/how many teams will be there. With full control of the format, an invitational of 7 teams will get a different style of a test than a full tournament of 60. The main reason for the difference is the ease of grading though. Ou...

We got some excellent feedback from the end of tournament surveys, and we've actually scheduled a board meeting for tonight so that we can go over and make some preliminary plans. Lots of improvements are coming next year, but based on the feedback, things didn't go too badly this year, especially f...