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6th Annual Farmington Invitational

October 31-November 1, 2025

*Update 10/27/25*

As many of you are aware, we have exceeded our room capacity for entries so I capped all divisions this morning and opened the waitlists for teams. I have worked today to create more rooms and I had some success. I have raised the caps in the divisions where we needed to balance the numbers the most. If I can find more rooms, I'll raise the caps accordingly.

ALSO,in order to make the day flow more smoothly, I have condensed the schedule a bit. The drop off times have not changed, but we are hopeful to push rounds to start between 8:30 and 8:45am. Awards should start around 4:30pm. A complete updated schedule will be posted tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.

Finally--for Policy folks only, all Friday online debate has been cancelled. enjoy your Halloween.

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Farmington High School Debate is excited to formally invite you to join us for the 6th Annual Farmington Invitational Debate Tournament! We will offer competition in CX (Policy), Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas and Congressional debate as defined by the Minnesota Debate Teachers Association. In Policy only, this tournament will be hosted in a hybrid format with Friday competition being online and Saturday competition being in-person. All other debate will be in person on Saturday only.

Entries: Novice A, Novice B, Junior Varsity and Varsity divisions will be available in CX debate. Novice, JV and Varsity divisions will be available in Public Forum and Lincoln Douglas;. Congressional Debate will also be offered. The tournament director reserves the right to collapse divisions if entries warrant such a decision.

Format: To help encourage as much participation as possible, competition in Novice A, Novice B, and Junior Varsity CX divisions will be tabulated as two independent tournament experiences. Varsity CX will be tabulated as a single tournament spanning two days. A Final Round will run concurrently with Round 5.

For Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas and Congressional Debate, ALL divisions of debate will be tabulated as a single tournament experience held only on Saturday

Also, this is a VERY important reminder. It is ESSENTIAL that your students and judges have Tabroom accounts active and linked. They will not be able to compete or judge without one.

CX Debaters only, Students competing Friday night will need to be able to access the internet to debate online. Please ensure they do this before the morning of the tournament so we can get started on time.

--General technology tips: https://docs.google.com/document/d/109k3ZVlcjcYyYHezD3MIIfash0-ht1S3toPoD7X7Dgs/edit?usp=sharing

--Student guide to joining online debate rooms: https://classrooms.qmsnavigator.com/learn/students.html

--Judge guide to joining online debate rooms: https://classrooms.qmsnavigator.com/learn/judges.html

Resolutions:

CX debate will debate the 2025-2026 national resolution: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic.

Novice A, and B debate will utilize the MDTA Novice Packet

Public Forum debate will utilize the November-December 2025 NSDA topic: Resolved: The United States federal government should require technology companies to provide lawful access to encrypted communications.

Lincoln Douglas debate will utilize the November-December 2025 NSDA topic:Resolved: The United States ought to rewild substantial tracts of land.

Congressional debate will utilize the bills linked on the main page when they are made available to the tournament manager. An announcement will be sent to registered teams when the legislation becomes available

Fees: Entries in Novice debater will be $10.00/day; Entries in open division PF or LD and CX entries are $15.00/day. Entries in 2 day CX debate will be $25.00

Deadlines: Registration opens October 1, 2025 on Tabroom, and the system will stop allowing new entries and fees will freeze at 5:00 pm on October 31. Judges are due at 3:00pm on October 30. Drops and name changes can be made until 3:00 pm on November 1. **If making changes after 3:00pm, you must talk to a human being in the tabroom to ensure confirmation of the change.

Judges: One judge will cover 2 entries (teams) or portions thereof. All judges must have linked Tabroom accounts,

***** Please Note*****

Starting at 1:00 pm ALL debaters and coaches must move their belongings into the auditorium to accommodate the Band in setting up for an event. We appreciate your understanding about sharing building space.

New for 2025—In honor of Halloween, we are encouraging all debaters, judges and coaches to dress up on November 1, 2025. There will be a costume contest complete with certificates and fabulous prizes!

We look forward to debating with you on October 31-November 1, 2025! If you have any questions, please email me at rbaumann@isd192.org and we’ll be happy to help!

Rachel Baumann and the Farmington Debate Team

Farmington High School

20655 Flagstaff Avenue

Farmington, MN 55024

Phone: 651.252.2720 (school) 952.240.9551 (cell) Email: rbaumann@isd192.org