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Re: School problems
[quote=JIN]Our school administration is really constricting our team at the moment.
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On team 811, We are at a private high school so it raises some other issues, for example all teams and clubs at Bishop Guertin cannot do fundraisers or door to door..This makes it very difficult. In fact I believe our students are also prohibited from contacting businesses in the community to be sponsors. Which is difficult in its own way. SO the mentors solicit the donations from the companies that we work for.
For our finances we have to take the donations from our coroprate sponsors and give them to the school to hold. However we have our own budget committee and we monitor the funds to the penny. The school, also being a tax exempt entity, is also helpful to us.
SO for the funds being given out, we work with the school financial office to pay dirrect bills that are large, such as the FIRST entry fees.
For other things like the parts etc, the mentors put them on our credit cards and fill out expense forms. We monitor this spending weekly with each department of the team having a sub-budget. For example controls on our team gets a budget of ~ $2000.00 each year.
For additional expenses we have to vote as a team on what infrastructure we will be building up. For example we get a large piece of machining equipment each year. This year it was a miling machine and a Mig welder. Next year we will invest in a metal lathe or a sheet metal brake.
As for the banner issue, I feel for you. I am 42 and have seen this type of thing go on for years, if you are not a sports team, forget a letter on your jacket or a banner in the school gym. Do I agree with this, absolutely not. But unfortunately this prejudice towards non-athletes exists.
At BG we made a case for letter jackets for the team 811 seniors and won. So stick to your guns and enlist the help of adults, the more people you have speaking out, the better.
FIRSTwill teach you many more things about life than how to build a robot. Intelligent peple like ourselves are creative, persistent and persuasive. Keep working the issues and you shall overcome.
Good luck.
Ken Leigh
Team 811 Mentor
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