Joining Another Schools Team??

[GBIT]

Yea we have one student on our team this year who does not go to BG. It is strictly a team rule and i would check with neighboring teams to see who allows or doesn't allow it.

[Kims Robot]

We have dealt with this in the past, we had one student join from another school district, and then ended up "adopting" a team until they could get their sponsor back a following year, so we had several students who were not part of our school district working at our school. Im not sure if states other than NY are different, but where there is a will there is always a way. What we had to do was get permission from the outside student's current school districts for them to participate. Once we had that, it covered any legal issues. Its just like if a soccer team from another school comes and plays on your soccer field. Same concept. Their school has given them permission to participate there and that means all the legal issues are covered.

[Jay H 237]

Sadly I don't see you able to join 237 due to Board of Ed policy.

I'll explain,

Several years ago we had students on our team that went to Kaynor Tech in Waterbury (adjacent town). Kaynor Tech is a vocational school that has, and never had, a FIRST team so a few students who were interested joined our team. I don't know the exact specifics but the Board of Ed was less than thrilled when they found out. Basically they were worried about insurance coverage for these students who didn't go to Watertown High School which our team is based out of. Since these students were already on our team the BoE allowed them to be "grandfathered in" and they could stay on and be part of our team until they graduated. No additional non-Watertown High students could join though. The students could come back as "mentors" though after they graduated.

The other catch here to is a few of them actually lived right here in Watertown (and thier parents paid taxes to Watertown that went towards things like the insurance) but since they were not enrolled in Watertown High the BoE still wouldn't allow them. They only went to Kaynor due to it being a vocational school and offering classes Watertown doesn't.


Art has given you a nice offer if you chose to be part of GUS 228. Some school districts have nothing against non students or the school comprises several towns. Since you're in Oxford you may ask about the Gaelhawks in Shelton too and see what thier policy is.


Jason

[Heretic121]

billy... how's it going... im pat... i was acutally a mentor/coach for 38 your freshman year in 06... The head engineer Mike who helped the team that year are actually teaching the Southbury team... so you might want to go talk to some people @ SHS