Our roots in FTC allow us to transfer our skills, knowledge and lessons learned to FRC. FTC has also become the key to our team's sustainability. Through our presence at FTC League and Regional matches, we've directly recruited Jr. High students as they prepare to enter high school. Last season, our team helped FTC team 5023 after they lost their coach and all but one of their students by recruiting a new coach and donating members of our own teams to fill out their drive team. This interaction convinced the student to continue in FIRST this year by joining our FRC team. FTC has also helped recruit more students from West High and local private schools, as well as a new FRC mentor from a neighboring town. Being an amalgam of multiple schools and towns challenges us to overcome long time rivalries and prejudices to work as a united team. It also allows for students with vastly different backgrounds and resources to interact and learn from each other... The support we receive from our..