Members of Alexandria City High School’s award-winning Titan Robotics team are protesting a decision to move the team to a new, smaller dedicated classroom space at the King Street Campus.
Last September, the award-winning Titan Robotics team was informed they would have to divide their 4,000-square-foot space next to the school gym with a new carpentry program. The move took away an area the team used to test the robot they enter in regional and national competitions. Earlier this month, the team was told by an Alexandria City Public Schools facilities administrator that the carpentry program was expanding and that Titan Robotics would be moved to an unused 1,500-square-foot classroom on the ground floor of the King Street Campus.
“Last year, half of our space was reduced without discussion,” Zoe Corazza, a student leader on the team, told the School Board. “This year we are being told our current space will be shifted to a small, ill-suited classroom without the necessary workshop adaptations like proper voltage, ventilation, flooring and safety.”…