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Sumner County students, coaches showcase VEX robotics success at board meeting
Summary
Coaches and students from Portland-area schools told the Sumner County Board of Education about strong regional results and growth in VEX robotics, asked for district support to cover kit and registration costs, and demonstrated robots they took to state and world competitions.
Coaches and students from Portland East and other Sumner County schools told the Sumner County Board of Education on the evening of the June 2023 meeting about recent successes in VEX robotics and urged district support for the program.
Dale Sadler, a school counselor and robotics coach at Portland East Middle School, described VEX IQ as a program where students "design, build, code, and practice" robots for state and international competition and said Sumner County sent a third of Tennessee’s teams to this…
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