Team 1717 retires

[gblake]

Originally Posted by Tom Ore

Maybe they're trying to preserve the legacy of 1717 as it was. Maybe a new team will form eventually with a new team #.

Originally Posted by holazola

Ding! I think we have a winner. I very much believe this. To grow his program, Amir has always been obsessed with DPEA's public image. I suspect he won't ever risk that legacy in other's hands.

And, unfortunately I doubt the school will support a new FRC team, even as extra-curricular. I expect every bit of FRC infrastructure and engineering support (professional and volunteer) will be re-purposed into mechatronics (which looks to be a good program - I'm not knocking IT)

We will learn more tomorrow night at a school meeting.

Who am I? An unhappy parent of a current DPEA student.

My goodness, YES!

FIRST is NOT a school program. It is a STEM program. Schools often are the organizations that choose to form a team; but being a school entity is 100% not the only way a team can be organized.

If any of the students and parents from the 1717 community (or any other community)want to form a team they can. Within the limits of good taste, graciousness, and trademark law, they can call themselves anything they want. They can petition FIRST for the privilege of using the 1717 team number. They can recruit sponsors. They can find a meeting/work location. They can ...

Or not - they get to decide.

When more STEM teams exist outside schools than in them, that will be one indication that a true cultural change has occurred.

Know what I mean?

Blake