So I just downloaded and looked through both the Central and Great Lakes Division schedules for 2009, and both of them have only ONE Driver School on the schedule, and funny enough, they are on back-to-back weekends in April. So if someone were to not be ready for a Spring (potentially snowy midwest) school in 2009, you are pretty much SOL for the whole year. If I miss or just can't make the April school in the CenDiv, I'm out for all of 2009.
This doesn't seem to be a good path to generate new SCCA racers, and while I realize that schools are not "money makers," this is certainly a good way to insure future money losses across the board.
Not to mention that it just creates a logistical nightmare for a new or returning racer.
If the SCCA school system can only manage ONE event for the entire division for the whole year, should the overall school/Novice program and requirements be revisited?