[AlbertW90]

I understand what your team is going through, as our team(988) has been facing similar problems. With a lack of school support(we can't even get a wide space of carpet to practice on.) it becomes hard to get past the 6000$ entry fee each year, which makes it hard to expand your team. Another problem we have run into, is finding enough tasks for ten or fifteen members to all work on at a time. Teenagers are lazy, and feel tired after school, and its hard to get people to work all of the time, without being a complete jerk. Getting frustrated isn't the answer, as it will only discourage members from staying. However, our team has begun to grow, rather than shrink, due to an influx of sophomores, and a few freshmen. If you can't recruit freshmen, get a few sophomores on your team to invite thier friends, the FRC competition is something that will often grab students who have a chance to see what you are doing.