[mrs. p]

this year, our superintendent "gets it". He has grasped onto what FIRST can do for the students, the schools and the community. he would like to see an FRC team (or perhaps FTC) at every high school. currently, we have 8 FRC teams in our county with all schools (private, public and home schoolers) having the opportunity to join. We have several FTC teams and that is where i see the most growth occurring. Team 233 established the state Lego tournament for Florida, held in our county,many years ago and our team continues to sponsor, ref, judge, and volunteer at it since turning it over to someone else to run (i.e. raise funds and organize). we have about 4 - 6 local tournaments and even a JFLL tournament.

with the support of our superintendent, he is providing stipends to all teachers involved and sponsoring in some way lego, ftc and frc teams, i expect to see continued growth in our community.