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Stillwater students, coaches and advocates press board for dedicated robotics/STEM space as program expands
Summary
Students, coaches and community members celebrated robotics successes and urged the Stillwater School Board to provide dedicated high‑school STEM space to support growing teams and state‑level competition.
Students, coaches and community members urged the Stillwater Public Schools Board of Education on Tuesday to provide dedicated high‑school space for the district’s rapidly expanding robotics and STEM programs and celebrated recent competitive success.
The board heard remarks from multiple students and program supporters who said the robotics program now includes more than 50 active junior‑high and high‑school students and 11 competition teams, and that current practice and storage space is insufficient for continued growth. “We are rocking 51 actively participating students,” Rebecca Palmetore said during a recognition of the district’s robotics program, describing an increase in high‑school teams from two to five this year and an overall rise in junior‑high…
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