Should FRC Account for School Size?

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Originally Posted by lynca

The free-lunch % statisitic is a metric used to gauge poverty levels at schools. After years of watching teams succeed and fail in inner city schools, I believe the free lunch statistic is a major contributor between a sustaining team and unsustainable team.

The free lunch statistic isn't a contributor,... It is a correlation.

A key to effectiveness is organization and planning, commitment, hard work, and other elements.

Team 842, Carl Hayden HS, is in a 91 % free/reduced lunch school.

Having a ton of material resources doesn't automatically convey advantage over the human spirit.