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But we also started a robotics elective (one marking period long) in our middle school that deals with the history and different aspects of robotics. The course is more of an "Intro to Robotics" course, and generates an interest for science and technology in the students who take the class, who will hopefully then be recruited for our FRC team upon entering high school.