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Re: Teacher Stipends
The School District in which I volunteer for FIRST has absolutely no interest in FIRST whatsoever. They have actually tried to steal our sponsors away for other programs that they are more interested in. Slowly but surely our relationship is getting better but I would still call it "rocky". Currently as a mentor of the team I recieve no stipend from the school district and our head advisor who is a teacher for the school district also does not recieve a stipend. The only way the school district supports our team is through the room they let us use. It is the same for our sister high school on the other side of our city. (their team number is 3184)
I have sent multiple letters and emails to community leaders such as the city council and the superindendent most which end in no replies, or when I was still a student at the school I recieved a call from my principal explaining to me the concept of "dollars and cents". Advisors for just about every single other program (Debate, Speech, all sports teams etc.) do recieve stipends.
Summary: Anything to do with FIRST or Robotics in our school district is entirely volunteer based.
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Minnesota FIRST Senior Mentor | 2013-?
Stratasys Applications Engineering Technician | 2016-?
2009 Regional Win – 2470 @ 10k Lakes (Thanks 2826 and 1714)
2013 WFFA Recipient – 2470 @ 10K Lakes
2016 Ri3D: 'Snow Problem Reveal
2017 Ri3D: 'Snow Problem Reveal
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