Okay ... here's something I don't quite get. I was checking out assorted LiveJournal blogs yesterday and checked in at the Ancient World of Greece and Rome. There I read the plight of Unionville High School's Classics Club, which wants to compete at the annual Ontario Student Classics Conference. According to the background info given, UHS does not have a Latin program (not really a surprise in Ontario any more), but the Classics Club generated enough interest in Classics that they were granted a Classics course this year. As such, it is not surprising that they would like to compete at the OSCC, but they have been apparently told that they are ineligible because they don't have a Latin program. This, despite the fact that the guidelines (online) of the OSCC clearly state in item 6 on p. 4 of their general intro:

6. All teachers of Latin, ancient Greek and Classics in the public and separate boards and
in independent schools are eligible to bring students to the OSCC who study Latin,
ancient Greek or Classics or who have been Classics Club members of at least six
months good standing. A participating student must be at least 13 years of age by
the end of the calendar year of the Conference.

So they have a Classics course, and apparently a teacher who is within the rules as eligible to take them. So why is a very enthusiastic group -- which has made great efforts ON THEIR OWN to promote Classics in a part of the world where such promotion is increasingly absent -- being denied the opportunity to participate? Am I missing something? Is a letter-writing campaign in order? Does someone from the OSCC want to explain this?