Multi-School Teams

[Steven Donow]

For many years, Team 223 was comprised of multiple schools, bouncing around at multiple ones. I can only really speak for 2007 and on where (until 2009) the team was Lakeland Regional HS(a public HS) and Piscataway Vocational-Technical School. Due to the resources each of the schools had, as well as the teachers involved, the LRHS students were generally responsible for all the design, and Piscataway Vo Tech did most of the construction/machining. It wasn't always the easiest situation, but it was a manageable one that worked (it only ended due to a teacher's retirement), so that could be a possible type of relationship to look into between the schools.

[bduddy]

What kind of multi-school team is this? 2 schools, a school district, a general area... I think that information will help people here give more targeted advice.

[cbudrecki]

Originally Posted by bduddy

What kind of multi-school team is this? 2 schools, a school district, a general area... I think that information will help people here give more targeted advice.

There are actually 3 high schools in the same district, and a vo-tech school, which I believe is a separate entity, that I would like to get involved.

Right now, I only have one teacher, at one school showing interest, and I will hopefully be talking to him more tomorrow at kick-off.

[GBK]

We are a county team operating through the Voc school. We include students from all the districts within the county, including home school. It works very well, for the team and the school.
The only thing we run into is the local schools running middle school Lego teams as after school programs and competing for students for our Middle school FTC team.

[cbudrecki]

And as far as using local FIRST resources, well, I am the local FIRST resource. I recently got involved with the Recruitment Committee for MAR. I have been receiving wonderful advice from the rest of the committee, and just thought I'd reach out to the rest of the FIRST community as well.