[Brian Selle]

Originally Posted by DELurker

Although 1370 is slightly outside the reach of the Texas school boards, we had a similar discussion. The result was that we invested in a $2 million liability policy to cover the team and all members while in the shop and on trips. With the insurance now separate from the school district, we could probably push for any student being on the team. Currently, we limit it to 100% from the confines of the school district and 90% from the public schools themselves.

There are some great ideas and information on this thread. It's pretty cool to see how passionate people are about FRC and to what extents they will go to give this opportunity to ALL kids. It's clear that if a team gets creative and pushes the right buttons, they have a good chance of overcoming the school board barriers to entry.

In our case, by the time I had heard the school board did not allow kids "outside" the district to participate, the interested private school student decided not to participate. Not sure what I would have done if he still wanted to be apart of the team... you all have inspired me.