[Bharat Nain]

Anonymous reply from ORIGINAL POSTER. By the way, great responses.
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I appreciate all the replies you've sent, it's good to know that such excellent community support is at our fingertips. To those that suggest we invite board members to competitions, that has been done multiple years, and they have accepted. They stopped by the workshop, saw us in the pits, watched our matches, talked with us, and convinced us the board is doing everything they can to help continue the program. Things like this take time, sure, but there are doubts when the stadium receives new lights unnecessarily.

Unfortunately, I've heard some pretty bad rumors about next school year. It appears that field trips may be reduced/removed completely to save money. Though it isn't official yet, we are concerned this may negatively impact the current team, possibly eliminating it completely, only urging us to have the new team ready ASAP. We will try to convince the board we are worth keeping and growing, whether or not it is announced publicly.

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