Interesting thread. One thing that I didn't see a response to is:
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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
High schools alone there aren't too many but there are huge schools
Townsend haris
Stuyvesent
Brooklyn tech
Are a bunch of high schools with huge facilities with big teams along with being in 3 different bouroughs. ...
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These are the selective schools, not the largest schools. Per wikipedia:
Townsend - 1100
Stuyvesant - 3000
Brooklyn tech - 5400
By contrast, these are non-selective (but still excellent) public schools in Queens, New York City. Both have FRC teams - one rookie; one established.
Francis Lewis - 4000
Cardozo - 4000
While Stuyvesant is a large school, it isn't conducive to a FRC event because you need to take an escalator or elevator to get everywhere. There aren't even rooms to have the pits and field on the same floor. By contrast, Francis Lewis is a flat school. They've been running a FTC qualifier which has gone well.