[Cynette]

I think you need to look at the culture of the high school to see what the impact of incorporating the school colors into your team's identity.

If your school is high on spirit (which it sounds like Fairport is, if EVERYONE wears red on spirit days) and the other students (non-robotics) get the impression that you are separating yourselves from the school then the support from the school may be negatively impacted by maintaining a separate identity. By having the team and school colors the same, when you have the team wear their colors, they look like they have school spirit, even if that isn't necessarily true.

The team really needs to look at how it is perceived by the school to see if the wearing of the non-school colors leads to a lack of support or if there are other factors. There may be other issues that changing the color of a team would not resolve.

An alternative to changing the current identity... Have the robotics team wear other school gear on school spirit days and then arrange for the school to have a Robotics spirit rally right before a compeition. How cool would it be to have the school support the team by wearing their colors for a day?!