1Ashley DiFonzo, reporter for the Conway, MO Chronicles questions and my answers regarding Dread the FRED book:
What is your connection/history with Conway schools?
I am an
alumna of the Laclede County R-I school system. I graduated eighth grade from
Phillipsburg and following the consolidation, graduated from high school at
Conway. In order to earn a living, I earned a BA, MA, Ed Specialist and Ed.D.,
degrees; taught public school, taught college, and served as a university
administrator.
Did you interview all the students in the Robotics Club from
that year?
I
interviewed as many students in the Robotics Club as would sit down and talk
with me. That wasn’t the entire club, but a significant group including Paul
Coryell, Phillip Foust, Lloyd Oberbeck, Jr., Shane Sell, Grant Rumfelt, Broghan
Fields, Ceira Gisselbeck Fields, and Shyanne Witt. I also interviewed as many
parents, teachers, administrators and community members as I could find to talk
with me. In addition to one-on-one and small group interviews; I followed the
club the entire next year as they went to Northark College to collect the raw
materials for that year’s robot, then as they planned and built the robot and the required corporation component.
I watched, listened, videotaped Kickoff Day at Northark College in Harrison, planning
sessions at CHS, practice sessions at CHS, attended the Hub competition at
Northark College, and the regional competition at the University of Arkansas in
Ft. Smith. Sadly, I didn’t have the funds to attend the national competition in
Orlando but I watched a live stream of much of the action. Significant
information came from over one thousand photos taken by Phillip Foust during
the FRED year. 
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