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Originally Posted by RoteAugen
Oh, i think you'll find that this is a pretty rampant problem. I know at my school, they refused us any funding or assistance other than being able to use our school name at competition. It wasn't until this year that we got noticed, but when we brought home a trophy from the regional, the principal refused to put it into the trophycase, he just put it on his desk.
the big thing you want to remember is that most school administrations do not understand the full implications of the task we are set to accomplish every year in FIRST. Whether it be the money aspect, or the tools required, they simply don't understand how taxing it is to do what we do.
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We get no funding whatsoever form the school or the SAU. We have applied for grants, and on a couple occations, a town-affiliated group, PEEF (Pembroke Education Endowment Fund) has loaned us money to go to competitions. The school won't give us money because to them we're a club--not a team--and as a club, we don't fall into the same catagory as the football team, who needs $10,000 worth of new equipment every season.
Our school refused to allow us to put our trophies in the main trophy case for years, and just last year they let us put a couple of them in the "auxillary" trophy case...the one that is tucked off to the side of the school in a corner where no one can see it.
I'm sure there are still more problems that I haven't even heard about from our school's administration...I just hope the teams who haven't posted are having better luck wherever they are.
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Originally Posted by JIN
Thanks, sorry if I was ranting at the school system. I didn't really mean to. My mother had spent months in a thrift shop earning funds to the club. This was the only fundraising money that went to the school directly, and not into our teams "secret account". My mother asked to take the money out, the school staff wanted to know why. Mother wanted to put the cash into our account so we could access it easier. Eventually mother had to tell about our account separate from the school. Now the school won't give the money to us till the account is closed and they have all our earnings. My mother got stressed and felt it was her fault, and that our money source was ruined. I tend to get emotional when my family gets upset and I guess I'm blaming the school system for upsetting my mother. Again sorry, I'm certain the staff had it's reasons, I just needed an outlet to release my frustration at.
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Believe me, if my school did that to MY mother, I would have done a lot more than just posting on CD. I'm proud of your self-control.