Middle schoolers

[Gabriel]

Originally Posted by Alaina

My 8th grade sister attended my team's kickoff potluck earlier this evening. She was very interested and took part in strategizing conversations (which is better than I did on my first day). She really wants to be involved, and I really want her to be involved, too. But I've never heard anything about middle school students being on robotics teams. Is this not allowed? Or just uncommon?

Unless the rules have changed drastically recently it is very much allowed. Every now and then there will be a team from a middle school, but they are usually not very successful and its very rare. However, the decision to allow middle students or restrict their participation (prohibit them from being a driver, for example) on a high school team is made by the team leader.