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We ran into this problem last year, we had 85 students start out the year! The school does not permit capping the club, but eventually the training sessions in the Fall starting whittling down the participation to just the students who were serious about joining.
With only a few mentors, it made things initially difficult for sure!

This year, we are implementing a Club + Competitive Team 4276 system, where students interested "casually" in robotics (or have too many conflicting sports or other activities) can join the club and participate in team activities to learn and tinker, or help with non-build activities, but only Team members who have gone through proper safety and technical training/practice in the Fall can participate in the "Competitive Team" builds.

The club meets during lunch and sometimes after school, the Team participates in late afternoon or evening Training followed by the typical build season schedule in Jan-Feb.