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Originally Posted by SURVIVORfan44
I know EXACTLY how you feel right now. My school has no clue what FIRST is. The only people that do know are the people that are actually on the robotics team. Our conflict was that we were going to merge with another team in order to have reached our level of funds and such. By merging, this would GREATLY benefit both teams. However, our self-centered school board decided that we could not do that. They did not approve of it. I am very ashamed of our school board because not only did they let me down, they let down about 30 other people. They also let down our special needs students who help us out tremendously. They should be ashamed of themselves. They have no clue what FIRST is, because if they did, they would let us have a robotics team this year. In order to make the schoolboard mad, some of us joined the team that we were going to merge with in the first place. The school board tried to take all the credit for our robots. They have no clue of anything about or robots, the game, or the experience. It bothers me that they would interfere as much as they did when they have no clue about FIRST.  |
You Realize that its not up to the school what your first team does? Merge with another team anyway. First has no connection to the school, so the school has no say in the matter. As long as you have an alternate place to work with said team, you can basically tell the school "Shove It"
And for those of you who are depending on funding from your school I have one word for you FUNDRAISE
. I live in a little no name town in the middle of corn fields, and a team with 30 people on it, about a 4th of them actually trying to fundraise if that, manage to raise 20,000 to 30,000 a year. Plus the cost of room and board for our trips with minimal costs to the students. Then we find the funds to go to off season competition(s) every year. It can be done. Just try harder. Best of Luck
-Team 808