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Originally Posted by JohnBoucher
My advice about dealing with school boards, is to NOT upset them. They have long memories. They also have their reasons for doing what they did. You might never know what the real reason is, but there is a reason.
A measured response is best.
Also use your senior mentor, Jenny Beatty. She is a great resource. Let her suggest the direction to take.
Good Luck.
Don't forget VEX. If you need to step back, it's an option.
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Its not the school board. This is Mrs. Engels decision completely.
My apologies for the breach of etiquette. I'll remover her email as soon as i figure out how to edit the post. If you are so compelled, email it to me(Chizmeister101@aol.com), and ill deliver it to her in person.
I realize most of the posts are from mentors, but to me it sounds like most of you are saying that theres not much we can do about this. But I don't want to let such a decision stand between some kids, and a great time. i know there are kids that wish to join that have wanted to for a few years, and now they are being denied that chance. One of them has a sister that was a founding member of the team. that was three years ago, and now we have to tell him he cant follow in her footsteps? (btw, she didn't attend the tech center either.)
I would like to mention that we have tried a few different ideas. we let it be known at the end of last year when this idea was first proposed that we didn't agree with it. and by we i mean most, if not all of the youth members of the team, and quite a few adults. Then at the very end of last year, another team member floated the idea of if this did happen, to start a team at another school, and let it open to everybody, and he told me that Mrs. Engel wasn't too happy about that idea.
don't get me wrong, i think Mrs Engel is a great principal, but i feel that a
County team, and thats what it was started as, and what it was when the school board gave us money last year, and what our sponsors donated to, should be open to the whole county. I hope some of you feel the same way as I do, and if you don't, well thats the great thing about our country.