[Greg Peshek]

Ok, so from what I can gather you're referring to Cypress Creek are you not? I'm not sure, because my sense of direction in Orlando is terrible, the only other IB here is University High, and I don't know exactly where that is.

665 based out of Oak Ridge acts as a hub for students from 3 different school, Oak Ridge, Edgewater (where I go), and Cypress Creek. We have 4 people on the team from Cypress right now, one is the Valedictorian (and our president) and all are in IB. They have used FIRST for all of the hours they have needed before.

As far as starting a team, they have started a FTC team there, but have found it more advantageous to come to Oak Ridge as it already has the setup and funding. Currently we funnel funding from EHS and CCHS to ORHS and just work out of there, it's much simpler.

If you are truly looking at trying to start one at Cypress, PM TheFuhr because he has been the driving force at Cypress.

And going back to your questions, they put in a lot of time at both FIRST and IB. From what I understand, the amount of homework they have is unprecedented and they end up putting in some serious hours trying to get both done.

Hope this helps..

-Greg P.