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Re: LAS VEGAS REGIONAL... terminated?

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
This is an incredibly troubling statement to read. Would you elaborate on why you feel it would be necessary to shutter a Hall of Fame program that impacted so many students over not getting as good a value as other teams?
Fair question.
Our program has grown leaps and bounds ever since we went to a 7-12 program vs. just a high school one.
We impact up to 250 kids in a 620+ enrollment small little rural school (7-12 high and intermediate).
Why do FIRST if we are only able to do 1 event?
FIRST isnt the only STEM program around.
I want the best bang for our buck which impacts the most kids in helping them be as successful as the program can help with.

Our STEM Learning Center produced a student who earned a full ride 4 year scholarship to a film school in NYC last year, a Miss Hawaii USA pageant winner in 2012, 3 Bill Gates Scholarship winners since 2007, and 7 valedictorians in a row, most of which didnt build robots.

If you look at our FRC History, we started doing multiple events in 2007 going as far as the East Coast on several occasions. There is a direct correlation between our most recent successes and participating in many more Robotics events, including seeing folks like you and Dave at the 2008 VCU regional.

Every year, we have several students who have never been on a plane, go on their first ever trip to an FRC event. Priceless..
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