[kstl99]

This thread concerns me greatly. I am amazed at what FIRST can do for students. I have seen lives changed and heard so many more stories. FIRST can be a place where all the skills needed for later life are learned and developed. Using some of the standards I have seen in this thread would have eliminated many I saw in my first year as a mentor that later became core members of the team. I have felt that every school should have a team and every student should have the opportunity to be on a team. I realize this may be impossible if you would really have 150 students but limiting by size should be a last resort. Splitting into subgroups, JVs and Varsity, FTC, anything to get them involved. I just hate to see a student who wants to join not be able to.