Welcome to Little Lex 2025!

Little Lex will again be IN PERSON this year on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at Lexington High School.

Our intention is to offer the following divisions and events -- yes we do mean to offer coaches a choice of topics in the Novice Divisions for LD, in separate novice divisions, of course.

Novice PF -- Novcember Topic -- Resolved: The United States federal government should require technology companies to provide lawful access to encrypted communications.

Varsity PF -- Novcember Topic -- Resolved: The United States federal government should require technology companies to provide lawful access to encrypted communications.

Novice LD -- MA Novice Topic -- Resolved: In a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory.

Novice LD -- Novcember Topic -- Resolved: The United States ought to rewild substantial tracts of land.

Varsity LD -- Novcember Topic -- Resolved: The United States ought to rewild substantial tracts of land.

Policy -- NFHS 2025-2026 -- Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic.

Some Notes on Policy:

Novice Policy (Using the NDCA Novice Packet ONLY)

Here is the link to the packet: NDCA Packet 2025-2026

JV Policy (No Argument Limits -- the proper place for second year competitors, students with previous years of middle school experience or novices who don't want to use the Packet. The JV division is for students with under 50 rounds in their career).

If there is interest in a Varsity Policy Division please contact us -- there hasn't been any since the pandemic.

Some Notes for Everyone:

1) Our fees for Little Lex are $40 per team in PF and Policy and $20 per entry in LD.

2) We will be selling lunch items at reasonable prices (cash only, please!) and students are welcome to bring their own lunches as well, but please don't plan on ordering food from outside -- the schedule is too tight to permit that.

3) We do not anticipate having any Varsity judges for hire. Please plan on bringing all of your own Varsity judges. For JV, seniors with at least 200 NSDA points can judge. For novice, juniors and seniors with at least 200 NSDA points can judge. We will have limited hired judging available for JV and novice if you do not have enough of your own, but we definitely welcome your student judges if they meet the official criteria! You need one judge for every two entries, or fraction thereof, because we are single-flighting all events.

4) Our parents will be providing hospitality to our adult coaches and judges and we will provide "Free Lunch" -- no cost meal tickets -- to student judges to eat in the cafeteria with their peers (they will NOT have access to the food in the Judges/Coaches Lounge).

5) Our schedule is posted in a tab to the right. We plan to single flight all events, with LD and PF having five rounds and Policy having four.  Our guests should be on the road home not later than 6:30, and probably sooner!

6) Please make checks payable to "Town of Lexington -- Debate." We'd prefer you bring your check (or cash) with you - unfortunately we have no way to accept electronic payments, and there’s no need for you to mail checks. If you still owe us money from past Lexington tournaments, you will need to settle that debt first before we admit your school to Little Lex.

7) We will have a Judge Open House on Wednesday, 11/19 that is fully optional but will provide a Q&A opportunity for first time judges. More information on that meeting is to follow.

Thanks! Kaz, Janet, and the Lexington Debate Family