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Originally Posted by 346CADmen
Just curious how do you have an 8th grader on the team? Is he/she 14?
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The team has always had an open policy to allowing younger students who have aged out of FLL the opportunity to come to join the FRC team as a Junior Member. Many teams have mentors with younger children who hang around the shop and help out and when the FLL teams at the Windham Middle School grew too large some of the older students who were ready for something more challenging could apply and spend time participating in FRC. The operator joined last year (2014) and this year is the lead student programmer. Its a great way to train up new students and pass on knowledge from more senior members to help transitions from year to year.
To a degree its a gray area in FIRST since its for "High School Aged Students" however no where does it say what age/grade they need be in to participate in FRC so its open for teams to decide.