[GeeTwo]

I believe I understand that your school has (or at least has access to) two or more teams. At this late date, I would not attempt to switch teams this season; I am not sure if FIRST policies permit this (you'd have to check at STIMS). As far as FIRST is concerned, switching teams between years is a pretty normal thing to do, as (for example) people move or graduate from junior high to high school.

In any case, whether your school and the teams would allow you to move from one team to another is also a matter of local school and team policy. If you feel that the senior leadership (head coach/lead mentor) is part of the problem on your team, my recommendation for the first person to ask about this would be the head coach or lead mentor of the team you would be interested in joining. Even if they tell you no, they should be able to keep your query confidential. If your problem is at the "middle management" level, especially if you believe that the senior leadership is not supporting/enabling/condoning the behavior, go to your current head coach or lead mentor, as appropriate -- outside of normal team practice/build sessions. If you are already aware of other students who feel the same way, you may wish to bring your appeal together; it's a lot easier to turn a blind eye to the problem affecting one student than a problem affecting five.

Finally, understand that being a "whistle blower" is always a risk, and unless the two teams are totally independent of each other, there's probably no honest way you can request this transfer without blowing the whistle on somebody. You should be bold and courageous in taking this risk, but don't kid yourself that it is there. Of course, if your current experience is so bad that you wouldn't want to participate next year with your current team in any event, the most obvious form of "payback" is null.