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Re: Ontario Moving to District Model in 2017

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis View Post
So, is this the true cost of moving to districts? Telling some teams "sorry, but maybe this program isn't for you"?
FRC is the wrong program for many people, schools, and communities. It is the wrong program when an area does not have the people, money, or time to participate in an effective manner. Fortunately there are other programs out there that are also fantastic robotics experiences such as FTC or VEX. It makes sense, when lacking the mentors, money, or time, to move to a different program in order to better serve the interests of a community.

I think that in many cases it's better to have a strong FTC or VEX program than a struggling FRC program. When a team is having problems, everything suffers-- it damages the relationships with schools and local companies, it makes it extremely hard to establish productive and valuable mentor-student relationships. And when a team fails, it makes it even harder for us to get future students in that school access to robotics programs.

So yes, it is a "cost" or moving to districts that we may lose some FRC teams. But done responsibly, moving to districts may be a good opportunity to create strong FTC or VEX programs that may one day have the resources to return to FRC.
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