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Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

The missing Tennessee teams are mostly from Memphis

3227 - Memphis, TN (attended Bayou & Smoky Mtns last season)
3516 - Memphis, TN (attended Lone Star & Georgia last season)
3783 - Memphis, TN (attended Arkansas & Smoky Mtns last season)
3856 - Memphis, TN (attended Smoky Mtns last season)
4396 - Memphis, TN (attended Smoky Mtns last season)
4989 - Memphis, TN (attended Alamo last season)
5691 - Memphis, TN (attended Smoky Mtns last season)

5040 - Arlington, TN (attended Bayou & Smoky Mtns last season)
5405 - Red Bank, TN (attended Arkansas & Queen City last season)
3675 - Seymour, TN (attended Smoky Mtns last season)

A lot (half) were double regional teams, only one affected by the rise of districts.

According to the Memphis FRC website:

Last year, Shelby County Schools had 13 High Schools participating in FRC.

SCS has had it good, unlike most FRC teams, SCS teams did not have to find their own funding for the team from companies and donors due to the Race to the Top funding and thanks to the SCS budget which included funding for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education.

Unfortunately, this will not be the case this year since the Race to the Top Grant is over and due to budget cuts.

Source: http://frc.memphisfirstteams.org/