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Re: New School / New Opportunity: FIRST or VEX?
In your situation, I would lean towards FRC over Vex. However, before I would choose one, I would bring a local team in a local team and see your students reaction (maybe try talking to 2848. They seem to be a well established team based out of Dallas).
The main reason I would lean FRC over Vex is that in FRC, the mentor/professional engineer vs student interaction is second to none. Especially for an inter-city school, I feel these kids more than anybody need some strong responsible adult figure in their life and the bonds FRC mentors can give would be really beneficial. I don't feel you would encourage and create as many bonds with a Vex program. (Less time and less mentors than a full FRC team).
As long as you can support a FRC team (which the school looks like it really does) and you have student interest, the benefits of a FRC team are much more than the benefits of a Vex team.
Just be sure to talk to other local teams and maybe take a trip to an off-season competition to make sure you know what you are getting into.
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