[AndyB]

Originally Posted by technoL

I agree. Money will always be an issue, but it is of no use if there aren't any students to be inspired. Every team will face a cycle where there will be a lot of graduating seniors one year, and then lots of freshmen/new members the next, or even very little new members the next year. It'll probably take a while for a team to learn their balance of members to ensure that knowledge is passed down each year. Often, many seniors go off to college with 4 years of experience without transferring their skills to someone younger, thus leaving behind an unexperienced team. In reality, many veteran teams seem to start over as "rookies" after a few years. It surely feels that way this year.

On a side note, our team had one new freshman last year, we have 30 this year, and could have as many as 40 next year as our 30-ish VEX teams have former students now entering the high school.