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Re: Engineering and Robotics program in danger

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Originally Posted by xitaqua View Post
Hello All,

Indeed we are in very tough economical times, and my advice to teams is to rotate competitions, the same way master gardeners rotate crops.

My current recommendation is to do a four year rotation:

High School
1) No competition - hold LEGO MindStorm Summer Camps.
2) FTC
3) BEST Robotics
4) FRC

Middle School School
1) No competition - hold LEGO MindStorm Summer Camps.
2) FLL
3) BEST Robotics
4) FTC

Elementary
1) Draw a robot
2) Build a robot out of cardboard
3) No competition - hold LEGO MindStorm Summer Camps - Build Robot.
4) FLL
Why would perticipating in more programs be less expensive? By keeping with the same competition every year many resources can be reused season to season. Initial startup years are undeniably the most difficult and expensive. Why would teams want to go through this every year?

Respectfully, Bryan
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