Gunn High School shuts down after-school robot program

Only in Palo Alto, Calif., would a public high school have an after-school robotics program (well, not really)—until now, that is. The after-school robotics program at Henry M. Gunn High School closed up shop for the year, and wouldn't you know it, not unlike any other hormone-teeming high school social sitch, an argument ending in a death threat over which kid would build their robot's drive train, a boy team member IM and email stalking and staring down a female teammate, restraining orders, and even a coach who plum gave up and took a leave of absence are to blame. Strange how despite themselves, even nerd social ecosystems resemble those of the greater high school melodramas of our time. Just with geekier means supplanted, of course.