Largest team?

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In the beginning 1311, Kell Robotics, had 7 students.

When school started this year we had 76 names - veterans and rookie prospects. That has shaken down to 60 students and 15 mentors.

Running the program 12 months keeps this crowd pretty busy as we have a lot of work to do, plus we have students moving through an informal management progression.

Robot building, robot maintenance, public exhibition, corporate and community presentations, communications and marketing, and other STEM initiatives creates a lot of opportunity for students to get involved and contribute something.

This weekend we will take 1/4 of the team to GRITS - the off-season FRC competition at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB. All but two of the students will be rookies in training, led by two student management level veterans. Spreading students across initiatives and using a 'cascade of mentorship' approach to student training and succession helps keep things fresh and can accommodate more students.

It is rare that the entire team is together at the same time and place. The closest we will get to that happening is at a regional.