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Originally Posted by Michael Blake
Bobby... I'm assuming then that this had to do with funding and/or lack of reliable support from the school?
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We lost most of the teachers that were involved with the program for a variety of reasons unrelated to FRC & our main sponsors changed their funding priorities with our school district and it hit us pretty hard. We still have solid financial support from our school as well as two class periods for robotics AND an entire graduation pathway/program of study built around kids getting the STEM endorsement for graduation based on the robotics program, but now it's down to just myself and a teacher on our campus, and the two engineers we've got.
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Originally Posted by Michael Blake
I see you dropped down to 1 regional from your usual 2... that could hurt a bit, unfortunately.
--Michael Blake
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It hurt A LOT. We also had to back out of Remix at the last minute because that was one of the weekends our team fell apart. We lost several students over the course of all this, some of whom had been with the team for more than just a year or two.
...and all of this in spite of accomplishments, or support, or finances, or machine shop upgrades, or experience. This past year has taught me all too well just how delicate and just how strong our program really is.