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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the PP - I’m curious what type of high school this was? My kids do vex. Their school limits the teams to 4 kids through 7th grade and then 6 kids in high school. With more than that, how could they actually come to a cohesive agreement on everything? And how is  there enough work for everyone to do a a part? Ours allows 6 in high school bc almost all of these kids play jv/varsity sports, so when they’re in season, they can’t attend the after school sessions, just during school and weekends, but when they’re all there, it often feels like not enough for everyone to do something [/quote]

FIRST Robotics which is one of the main HS competitions and their FRC competitions.  It may be the largest HS robotics competition in terms of number schools that compete (it's also not limited to schools as there are quite a few community teams).  In the DMV area, GDS, Jackson-Reed, Mckinley, Whitman, Blair, Poolesville and many other HSs compete in FRC.  If you do a YouTube search you will see many videos of FRC competitions.  Robots tend to be maybe 40 - 45 inches tall and you compete in groups of 3 robots against other groups of 3 (you are randomly paired with 2 other robots during normal heats, but then the top performing get to pick their alliance partners if you are one of the top ranked after the heats).

Depending on the school and how competitive they take their Robotics team, usually there is not a ton of sports and robotics overlap during the main Spring season if you want to be a "core" member of the team.  Again, there are many non-technical roles on FRC teams that don't require day-to-day participation, so athletes can do both.[/quote]

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