As a rookie team just entering our first off-season we have several issues that need sorting out. First off we did very well, our robot performed well going to the semis at waterloo and averaging 40 points a game. (Not bad for a rookie team
) But now that we are in the offseason issues arise. The main one being our teacher mentors have lost interest in FIRST. They see no need in meeting for fundraising, teaching skills to younger members, recruiting, and outreach. The students on the team are very interested in accomplishing these goals. As a team we want to have better team organisation, a better program, more funds for next year, and overall put out a robot that the team can be proud of again.
The other issue is the school board. At first we thought that we could avoid the issue by just meeting without the teachers as we have several parent mentors that are willing to help us out, but the school board says that we can not have a school club or team meet in the school without a teacher running it.
So now I come to my main question, what can we do to resolve this issue; where the kids want more out of the teacher mentors than they are willing to put into the program?