Speaking of Bedford (good transition
), I'm one of the mentors for team 964 out of Bedford, OH, whose rookie year was 2003.
We had to take a hiatus due to a lack of funding, but thanks to some awesome people (including the principle!), we will be starting back up in time for the 2014 season. We attend the wonderful Buckeye Regional in Cleveland, usually placing as close to last as humanly possible. That doesn't stop us from having fun, and maybe even learning something.
We've generally held around 10-20 students each year, even though the high school has over 700 students. Marketing and public awareness is something that we're working on. In 2008 we had a short news piece on a Saturday between the Olympics which definitely got a good amount of local attention.