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Re: Texas Registration 2015
I am a coach for the team in Del Rio, Tx., population 36,000, 150 miles from any city larger than us or other FRC team. My personal opinion is the declination of teams is based more on the mentor ratio, available resources and culture of the school district/town. I would bet that all of the teams that are no longer in existence had a limited number of available mentors. Our district recently received approved a stipend for 2 paid head coaches and 4 assistant coaches. We are a PLTW school and offer no robotics classes. When the stipend came out, we had 0 STEM teachers apply for the positions. I suppose their after school time is much more valuable or can get paid more for doing much less work, but that is only speculation.
The technical resources, engineering types, industry resources and community involvement is just not available to us like it is in a larger city.
I am rambling a bit, since I am commenting between classes. To sum things up, I don't think there is a single thing that stops a team from continuing to participate in FRC. Money is a big issue, but I think finances can be overcome more easily than getting qualified people to mentor your team.
Please do not start a flame war, this is only my opinion from a new team from a small isolated town.
Mr. B
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