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The school says they can't be a club without a staff member being involved.
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With the principal's permission, one of the team's leaders could have been allowed to be a school liaison, but the principal decided against. it also isn't clera if the staff member who had been part of the FRC program decided to leave or if it was "suggested" by the school. That staff member in question is not even leading the Oregon MESA program.
The other program, Oregon MESA, has a stated mission "to provide students underrepresented in the fields of mathematics, engineering, science and technology with the skills, knowledge and opportunities to develop their talents, explore technology-based careers, enter college and compete successfully in the workforce," in part by having students "Design and build projects and conduct research to prepare for science fairs."
This doesn't seem to infringe on FRC. One is in the classroom (which I balk at; classrooms have some serious disadvantages in this sort of thing), one is extracurricular. One caters specifically to minorities, whereas the other is open to all. One is more an introduction to science and tech, whereas the other is directly trying to be a pipeline for technology and engineering college students. There's no reason the two programs can't coexist.