[Lisa Perez]

You do mention that "we have spoken to teachers personally" but does "we" refer to the students or the teachers that are involved?

We, being the teacher already involved, and the students, on different instances.

As for a teacher being able to moderate one club only does that mean that the school(s) consider your team a club? Also are they getting paid to be on your team? If they are doing this on their own time I don't see how the school board can tell them how to spend their time. Which school is your team based out of or actually work on the robot in?

My school considers any group that represents the school as a "club". Therefore, because Team 573 is known as the Brother Rice/Marian (the sister school) Mech Warriors, our FIRST team is a club which requires a moderator from the school's faculty. Club moderators do not get paid for their involvement in our clubs before or after school.

Brother Rice took Marian in 2003, which is why we do most of our pre-build work there. We, however, are looking to change this if a teacher does find interest in our team.