<p>Just to follow up, D talked with the coach and they are actually leaving at 4:00 for this game this weekend so she won’t end up missing any classes. Apparantly the list when it came out listed the earliest time they could leave but they generally leave later. So for this weekend she is going and we hope it will work out this way for the other weeks. Most of the other games are not that far away so hopefully it will be a similar situation the other weeks. As far as your comment, NJSue, I agree about the institutional advantages and support. D also plays a club sport and the letter they gave them to take to their professors for the club sport was very general - just giving information about the away games but not asking for any special accomodations. For the Cheer squad it was much different and much more insistant on accomodations being given. But that is besides the point, as D doesn’t want to miss class unless it is absolutely necessary for something very important and she doesn’t feel getting to a game 24 hours in advance is important enough to miss class even if the professors are understanding about it. For her, the Cheer squad is not that big of a deal - just a fun thing to do - but definately not worth compromising her studies.</p>