Chief Delphi - School Board Problems

Chief Delphi (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/index.php)

- General Forum (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=16)

- - School Board Problems (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26255)

Re: School Board Problems

I think it's sort of discouraging about the lack of support that a lot of our teams get. We needed some money this year cause our sponsor dumped us a couple years back and the school didn't get any at first. Thankfully, some cooler heads prevailed though and thanks to the hard work of our coach and some good administration members, we were able to get some travel money. I am always just a little disappointed that a lot of schools can spend thousands of dollars on athletics (the lights in our stadium were replaced because they were "too bright."), but they don't give nearly as much to the robotics teams who are actually doing educational things and things that will build them for the future though. Overall though, I am okay with our board. I am allowed to go to 2 regionals and nats this year which is missing about 6-8 days of school.

Re: School Board Problems

Well Good News Guys...

As of a few days ago (during our STL regional) we got a phone call from our principal saying that we had been approved for our second regional in S. Carolina... it really lifted a burden off our shoulders. Thanks for everyone's help on this matter!!

Re: School Board Problems

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay H 237

I put up this post since I'm getting questions from a lot of people on how my team is doing so far. After my team won the New Jersey regional (see my sig) we got a lot of press coverage in town, the board of ed has now requested us, as a team, present at thier monthly meeting. They also requested the robot but unfortunately the meeting is the 22nd of this month and the robot will be on it's way to Atlanta. We're planning on doing a Power Point presentation with video and photos. I don't know how long our meeting will last or even why they requested us there but we will definitely be going with as many team members as possible. I'll also post an update sometime after the meeting.

Jenny (RoboMom007) I just want to thank you again, along with my team, for your help.

Jason, great news. I'm convinced that most of these problems are because of communication or miscommunication. These are really busy people who care about education and I think one of our responsibilities is to make it easier for them to understand what FIRST is about.
Let us know how the meeting goes, because I think there is a lot to be learned from your experience.
Cheers!