The Times Herald - Beaver Island Robotics

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Leave it to Beaver Island: Tiny school competes at Marysville robotics event
Bob Gross, Times Herald Published 4:25 p.m. ET April 7, 2018 | Updated 4:41 p.m. ET April 7, 2018

MARYSVILLE — Parking was at a premium Saturday at Marysville High School for the final day of competition in the First Robotics District Event.

But snagging a parking spot close to the gymnasium was the least of worries for Team 6098, the Birobots.

They represent Beaver Island Community School — grades kindergarten to 12th and 44 students strong — and the only way they could get off the island in northern Lake Michigan was by plane.

A plane so small that their robot had to make the flight by itself on Wednesday and wait for the rest of the team to arrive on Thursday.

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