Secret FIRST team

[Wolfe]

This year we worked closely with team 863, St. Clement's School (all girls school). They built thier robot in our school's workshop and we spent many hours teaching them about manufacturing the robot. When they started, they didn't know anything about building. One of the girls had seen someone drill a hole once, and her friend had heard her talk about it.

In the end, they built a working robot with very little help from us and virtually no mentoring.

Next year their school says they aren't allowed to have a team. The thing is, their school gave them no support. No money, no facilities, only two teaches volunteered. None of the school administration came and looked at the robot or anything. THey have no right to cancel the team that they have no owership of. The girls really don't need the school to have a small team.

Does FIRST require a team to have the permission and consent of their school for a team? We could easily get a teacher from our school to help with the administative stuff.

What I am asking is, would it be possible for the students at St. Clement's to make a team, work at our school with our help, and essentially say " screw you" to thier school?

Has this ever been done? Will FIRST allow it to be done? Does the school have any right to stop them from doing this? Does anyone forsee any problems with this?