my team has 5 girls from 3 various schools, rockville, esast hartford, and manchester are where the girls are from, our team also has members from RHAM and coventry, we also have rumors to kids from tolland wanting to come over.
our team is primarily from rockville and east hartford, about 30 of our 40 members from those two schools, and the other schools are sparse because the engineering programs are not as large as those in the other two schools
overall, our team will accept anyone who wants to join, we have previously had members from Loomis-Chaffee and Cheeny Tech who had enough interest to form their own teams at their schools
As for the girls, i am one of the 5 that actually get dirty in the shop, not that the others don't want to, they either aren't in the metal shop when we build [our facility is in EH, metal shop in my school in rockville] or dont like that part of the team
i also got onto the build team and pit crew because i wouldn't let the engineers leave me standing there, i kept asking questions and damanding answers and wanted to know how things worked, so they put me to work, it was definetly worth all the annoying, and now they really like me!!
With most of the team leaving next year [seniors this year] i've done my best to get underclassmen like myself involved with building, which most of the seniors did, although i have had little luck, i believe next year should work, however much difficult it will be. But girls tend to like being PR and things that keep their hands clean, i, on the other hand, like getting my hands dirty and help build the machine, so that's what i do
you can't force the girls onto the team
most girls won't even date people on robotics, let alone join the teams, in my opinion, we don't need those girls, those who want to be involved will be