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Originally Posted by ebarker
The school measures their success by the academic scores of their student and the college placements they make.
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Thanks for doing the digging on this one, Ed.
It might help you if you present other top schools from the nation who have FRC teams within the school.
Part of the reason why last year it was incredibly difficult for us to operate 3929 at Masterman High School was due to the administration not fully understanding what we could bring to the school. JR Masterman is the
#1 ranked school in Pennsylvania by US News and the 14th Magnet school in the country. It took us a whole build season and several awards to show them what the team was capable of bringing into the culture of the school. It also required us having their top ranked students as our team captains. Some schools care so much about their rankings, test results, and reputation, that they are not willing to bring in new programs that may disrupt the current lives and routines of their students.
I know you can also use 469's school as an example, I forget what other highly ranked schools have FRC teams. There is a list somewhere on CD though, if I recall correctly. I'll try to find it and edit this post.
found it -
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=79265
Keep in mind, those rankings are a bit arbitrary as posters in that thread said, but it shouldn't stop you from using it to your advantage and showing your school that high ranked schools have FRC teams as well.
Hope that helps!