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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
If starting 20 teams with only 10 students sounds like a lot, maybe they are totaling the number of teams they have started since their first season, 15 years ago. That sounds a lot more doable doesn't it.
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It could also just be what they focus on. We've started 24 FIRST teams in two years with a team of less than a dozen kids (and only about 6 of them have helped with it.) We have had direct training and support for those teams, too, not just "Hey, you should start a team, good luck with that." We know it sounds far fetched, so our Chairman's video includes superintendents and principals speaking on our behalf. Our team has two main purposes - spreading FIRST teams and training/inspiring the students on the team - so it's just that we put a lot of time into those areas.
When we won Chairman's at a district this year, the judges came to our pit on Saturday morning for clarification, and we were able to show them pictures to prove our facts. I didn't mind at all, and the students thought it was great they had done something "unbelievable." We never expected a Chairman's win, because we don't do things to win it; we have the students present for it because it is good for them.