[EricH]

See if the school board can designate parents or mentors as something that will allow the team to keep meeting, use the robot, etc. without the teacher mentor actually being there. Maybe "Teacher's Aide" or something like that.


The other option might be to work independently of the school for the summer at an offsite location (maybe somebody's garage?). Pool resources and build a demonstration robot--it doesn't have to be FIRST-legal, just cool.


If you were really desperate, and you had a sponsor or two who gave a lot of money to the team, asking them to put some pressure on the school board/teachers might also cause things to happen. ("We gave you some money for X, and we'd like a demo of X at our place during the summer," would be one way for a sponsor of just about any school activity to put a little pressure on a school board. It's just barely hinted at... but it can be there.)