School Mode is meant to be a very laid-back, lightweight RP for most people. Activity will not be enforced unless you're the GM for the current event, but I would like to know if you plan to drop out or leave for a while to keep housekeeping relatively simple. The RP is technically always running, but at times where activity is expected to plummet, the mechanics and story might progress at a much slower rate, if they don't halt completely. There is never a time where posting will be discouraged or forbidden, unless you have indicated you are not participating in the event, have transferred all your characters away, or don't have any characters to begin with. Pay attention to the Updates at the bottom of this post and the Threadmarks section of the main thread's OP for all important announcements.

The idea is pretty simple: Thousands of students with outstanding or special "talents" are attending a school known as Hope's Peak Academy. A few of these students have been requested to, or have decided to, join a new experimental supplementary learning program. Throughout the school year, these students will be asked to participate in all kinds of different events. Some of these events will even have the students transported to different locations with several different sub-areas and scenarios. Students can either elect to stay and participate in the event or "go home for a while" to allow for other characters to participate. If a character elects to "go home," they can come back anytime we are at Hope's Peak proper and no events are ongoing.

A Change of Scenery is Always Nice: Every event is something different here at Hope's Peak!
There are two phases during each event: Event Time and Break Time.
Event Time is, as the name implies, when we will be participating in the voted-on event. It lasts from Monday of the first week until either the Leader for that event decides the event is complete, decide the event has become a trainwreck and decided to abort it, or they lose interest and become noticeably inactive.
During Break Time, from the time the event ends until the Sunday of that week, the students will take a vote for the location idea they like best, which will end when Break Time does.
Polls will be conducted via strawpoll.me. If for some reason you are unable to use Strawpoll, PM me your vote and I'll make sure it's counted. Each player has one vote, regardless of the number of characters they have signed up.
The student who agreed to be the Leader of the winning idea then becomes the temporary GM for the next event.
They are allowed to pick one other student as their assistant (Co-GM).

Chaperoning: When one of your suggestions wins the poll, you will be responsible for making sure the students stay safe, but that they also remain studious!
Really, your job is to answer any questions the others might have about the event, including what the students are able to do and where students are able to go.
Keep in mind that as the GM or Co-GM for the entire duration of the event, you will be expected to handle all such responsibilities and duties associated with that title.

Rep System: NEW for the Winter 2018 Whatever-mester, after an event ends, a poll will be posted where students can rate how they enjoyed the event.
Really, it's more about how good of a job the GM and their assistant did.
Ratings help me (the Host) determine whose suggestions I should seriously consider in the future.
Every user starts in Good Standing.
If a user consistently receives bad overall ratings, they will drop to Probational and have to do more work to ensure their next event lives up to the standards we expect.
Earn enough high ratings and you will become Trusted and be allowed to keep some, or all, aspects of your scenario secret! Trusted event planners may even be allowed to do things which affect the very nature of school life at Hope's Peak!
Also, as a participant, you can gain or lose standing based on praise or complaints I receive about you. If you are frequently or blatantly disruptive, I may have to limit you on the things you are allowed to do until you clean up your act. However, if your participation is especially outstanding, I might have to figure out something special. In any case, just do the best you can to make sure we all have a great time!

Where Do You Wish to Go?: Have a burning desire to go somewhere? Refer to the Event Log to see what ideas are already submitted. If you have any ideas of your own, add them to the User Suggestions tab and put your username, as well as optionally the character in-universe who would be suggesting the event.
Event suggestions which receive enough negative feedback will be moved to the Rejected Suggestions tab.
If you would like someone else to handle the details of the event, add (Submitter) / [Leader Open] to the Contributors field after your username. Example: John Doe (Submitter) / [Leader Open]
If you would like to become the Leader of an event which doesn't have one, simply replace [Leader Open] with your username, then (Leader) after it. Example: John Doe (Submitter) / Don Joe (Leader)
Once I see there has been at least one idea posted and assigned a Leader, I will move it to the "Provisional" section and begin discussing the idea with its Leader.
The event's Leader must provide a somewhat-detailed list of areas for participants to explore (if we are traveling to a different location) as well as a scenario to encompass the whole event.
After all required details are provided, I will move the location into the "Ready for Visiting" section and it will be eligible for voting in subsequent polls.
Upon completion of an event, it will be moved to the "Archived" section.
If you would like to run an archived event again, or attempt to reinstate a rejected suggestion, just discuss it with me and present your case.

Socialization is an important tool in a good student's repertoire.
At any time, eligible persons may request to spend their Free Time with another eligible person. (See About Roles for who is and isn't eligible.)
When person A makes a request of Person B, Person B is asked whether or not they wish to accept the Free Time request.
If Person B accepts, they and Person A will receive a private topic to share and discuss whatever they want. There is no limit to the number of Free Time topics one may possess and they last forever, at least until both parties refrain from posting in it.
You are also not barred from sharing the link to the topic, but only the named participants are allowed to post in it.
Rogue posts will be deleted unless expressly allowed by the participants.

Each student is required to possess a certain [talent], prefixed with "Ultimate", "Super High School Level" (or the Japanese equivalent), or some other superlative title. Other than that, there is no limit to the type of person (or being...?) they must be. I'm also not enforcing a gender balance.
Each student will also receive a dorm room of their own which they are given complete free rein over to decorate how they wish. When you sign up, I will make you a room, then PM or DM you a link to the room directory to choose where you want it to be located. Then you may go nuts editing your characters' rooms! (Relax, it's all text, so no graphic/interior design skills are required--unless you wish to add graphics, that is.)
[NEW!] To better accommodate attendees' talents and interests, we've begun offering space for [Research Labs]! If your dorm room is your ideal sleeping quarters, the Research Lab is your ideal work environment. Your Research Lab may be located anywhere within the premises of Hope's Peak #11038, and like the dorm room it's fully customizable to your specifications, as long as the items inside can be used to bolster your talent and/or other interests.

Character Sheet
Role*: //Can be anything listed in the Roles section discussed below.
Name*: //Can be a full name, stage name, screen name, or even just your CR username!
Age: //Anything believable, preferrably high school (mid-teens) or even college age (Late teens through twenties.) Parents must be of adult age (at least in their thirties) but Outsiders are unrestricted.
Gender: //Guy? Gal? Something in between? Nothing at all? Everything at once? Prefer not to say? All up to you.
Talent*: //Ultimate/SHSL/other-superlative ______. Each talent must be unique, so check the roster before you make your character. Parents and Outsiders are not required to have talents. If you are applying as Staff, your job title goes here instead. Oh! But if you still have an Ultimate talent, you can add it here too!
Appearance*: //Can be vague or detailed, but please give us something by which to imagine your character.
Personality: //How should we expect your character to act in certain situations? Can be left secret for that extra level of unpredictibility.
Extra Info/Notes: //Anything else you'd like us to know about your character or their backstory. Likes, dislikes, interests, turn-offs, favorite things, anything like that and more!

Fields marked with a * are mandatory unless otherwise noted. The rest is optional and can be left blank or listed at ???.