Dealing with disapointments

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by Trent B

While they are within their bounds to terminate the club on the standard rules and policies that the school district holds.

I think it is questionable that the school is taking/wanted to take donated money (or so the team claims) that was presumably for the team to use and using it for the school. The same goes for the tools. If they were donated for the team or purchased with money donated for the team they shouldn't be preventing access to them by former team members if the team plans to move elsewhere.

Sadly, that is incorrect. When money goes into a school account, the Principal has the authority to use that money in any way he/she sees fit. It could be used to buy paper if that's what they deem necessary. In this situation they could say, "we are still using the money to further STEM We are broadening our scope and expanding its reach to more students by bringing robotics into the school day. In this time of tight budgets we are serving more with less."

In the hyper-political world that is a public school district, the best way to change a decision is to create a ground swell of support for the team. You need to make their position politically untenable. Sitting back and waiting only lets the Admin think the storm is going to blow over.