FRC Student Eligibility

Last year we took some students from 668 when their team found out they wouldn't be competing in Rebound Rumble. FIRST is completely fine with accepting students from other schools, and actually encourages it (It makes your team look good, also).

[nathan_hui]

The biggest opposition to this would be from the school staff, if your team is registered as a club. Also a problem would be logistics - can the student make it to meetings often enough to be effective? If the student is really motivated, it won't be an issue, but if the student wasn't able to make it over, then there's a problem.

If the team is a part of a school club, the school admin may have an issue with someone from another school joining that club. Now there's always the thing about going behind their backs, and more than likely, the admin will be welcome to adding people to the team, but there's the administration that doesn't go with the flow.

And again, what the other posters have mentioned too. Make sure the teams are okay with it. It's not going to help the student any if he/she is ostracized from both teams because he/she is going to the wrong school for FRC.

[Reanna]

Several members of our team left and created a completely new team this year. While it may be irritating, there's no restriction against it. When you say "quit for complicated reasons having to do with interactions with his team's leadership and their reactions to his contributions," it sounds like a lot of drama, so 'making sure the teams are okay with it' might be difficult, but I would try to.

But no, no restrictions.

[FPSRussia]

There is no restriction because the team I work on actually is made up of students from 5 different schools. I am actually from a different school than the host school.

[nathan_hui]

Originally Posted by FPSRussia

There is no restriction because the team I work on actually is made up of students from 5 different schools. I am actually from a different school than the host school.

Each school and team is subtly different. Good for you if your school and team are open. I hope it sets an example for other schools...