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[quote=Anonymous]Some of the middle school have Lego robotics teams, but it is very, very hard to make them successful.  Activity bus schedules, and the fact that the main competition in December really makes it hard to get a functional competitive team.   Plus a lot of the kids are immature and just want to play around.  They are kids after all and tired at the end of the day.

The most successful teams are parent led and typically meet on the weekends for at least a few hours.  The parent involvement means lots of support, organization, and student focus.

However, the successful teams don't often just like to accept new members for a lot of obvious reasons and the teams often come and go as the kids age out.

Look into setting up a team with your child's friends.   A Lego kit is like $400.   Registering and buying the practice field for that years competition is like $500 or so from what I remember.   Spread around the cost to the families.   Most important is to set up a schedule and require parent involvement and students participation.   Don't turn into cheap daycare.[/quote]

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