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High school junior pitches engineering club; board says club queue and capacity limit delay approval
Summary
Connetquot High School junior Michael Abraham presented a detailed proposal to start an engineering club, including funding ideas and internship connections. Administration said the high school has a queue of club proposals and that capacity and adviser-budget constraints prevent immediate onboarding.
Michael Abraham, a junior at Connetquot High School, told the school board he collected signatures, drafted a curriculum, and proposed modest start-up costs to found an engineering club. He said the plan would emphasize hands-on labs, use existing district resources such as Tinkercad and the school 3-D printer, and pursue low-cost fundraising such as short camps for younger students.
"My plan is to do a lot of labs for the club to kind of have kids be able to get hands-on experience and really…
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