Two teams, one school - Good idea?

[Cappeh]

Our team [716] this year has about 15 students on it, three of which are girls. We don't have problems with the guys taking over the build and design of the robot; that could just be the way our members are, but if you politely let people on your team know that they are being pushy, and that the girls can do just as much work as they can, I'm sure that you won't have any issues.

Having two teams in one school could be difficult due to funding, as others have said. I personally think that having a coed team is much better than a split team when the school itself has both girls and boys. After high school and college, those students that go into science and technology won't be given a single-sex workplace; I'd say it's better to get the girls used to having to push back to get themselves involved. I know I've had to do that several times, and it's worked for me.

Good luck in whatever you decide to do~