[rees2001]

340 has been lucky with our build facilities. Our first 3 years we bounced around different area's of our first sponsor, Nortel Networks, in the City of Rochester. It was nice because back in 2000 there were only a couple of teams in Rochester so we could draw kids from other schools that didn't have FIRST teams.

In 2003 the school opened our MST wing. We have 3 dedicated computer labs, 1 large workspace with computers, a middle school shop with band saws, drill presses, and sanders, a standard tech shop, and our own Robotics room with an old Bridgport Mill, a tig Welding area, and a small metal lathe. We have spent a lot of time this year getting the space organized exactly the way we want for build season.

I know we are lucky. It's nice because we can work on projects all year round and kids can do side projects during thier engineering classes and study halls. The wing was mainly built because of the successes of our PLTW classes and our FIRST team. At one point we had 3 teams working in this space, our 2 teams and a neighboring school that wasn't allowed to work in their school on weekends.

We have about 1200 students 9-12.