We had only one counselor for about every 800 students, and a lot of her job revolved around scheduling and discipline issues, with little time to help those who needed college guidance.

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Also, she manages officiating, scheduling, rules and competition, and discipline.

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There's a whole discipline, called queuing theory, on scheduling service to cope with intermittent demand.

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