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Siri,

Let's say you team decide to try this out :
1) No competition - hold LEGO MindStorm Summer Camps.
2) FTC
3) BEST Robotics
4) FRC

1) The team would have a meeting in December 2012 and invite parents in the middle school to attend. One H.S senior would lead the project of having a summer camp in 2013, to teach LEGO Mind storm to the students to raise money.

2) In 2014 the team would have a meeting in August and invite parents of H.S freshmen to attend to learn about FTC. One H.S Senior would coach the team. Also another one to do the summer camp.

3) In 2015 the team would have a meeting in August and invite parents of H.S freshmen to attend to learn about BEST. One H.S Senior would coach the team. Also another one do the summer camp. And another one lead the efforts to modify FTC robot for demo since you wouldn't be competing.

4) In 2016 :
Jan-FRC May- Summer Camp LEGO, August-BEST Robotics, OCT - FTC

Make a requirement all freshmen required to be on BEST or FTC to be part of FRC.

I think the interest of the kids on the different programs will vary, and you won't know until you see..... There is no "magic bullet" every learning community is different.

My goal is to engage as many students as possible while keeping teams small, have 2 students per area (systems,chassis,manipulators,SW, electronics). Have them work in pairs (news/experienced).