Hello everyone,
I am currently mentoring two FRC teams in Bloomington, Minnesota. Next year we are looking into starting an FTC team for the high schools, a pilot program of sorts. We would like it to be a Junior Varsity program, with the FRC teams being the Varsity program. For the first year we want 5 students from each high school on the team. One of the five from each school would be a veteran member and the other 4 newbies. We don't really plan on being too competitive, we would rather use it as a learning experience.
I have a few questions for you veterans of the program (the most recent thread I can find on this subject dates back to 2008).
- How much should we expect to spend on extra parts?
- Are there any other teams that are used as a Junior Varsity program?
- If we meet once a week for several hours will we be able to complete the robot?
- We also have one middle school team in the district, will we be stepping on any toes by starting a high school team?
If you have any other advice I would love to take it.
Thank you,
Evan Hochstein