[Billfred]

By all means, make sure you've got teachers that are good at what they do. Shoot, if you've got a teacher whose sole skill outside of the classroom is making buttons, get 'em. I've seen in just a year how much teachers can make the difference in a team...well, more like parts of a team, but I assume the idea scales well.

I may have to suggest the rotating concept for next year--this year our preseason was one night a week, plus all saturday during the build. I'm sure adding a few days to the schedule would lend itself better to building up a robot with plenty of drive time, programming, and DANGIT! correction experience. And just to get everything organized...especially with three schools with three different forms for everything.