[DonRotolo]

We are treated very well by our board, superintendant and administrators. They visit us during build season, at competitions, and honor us every year for our accomplishments. Not to mention support our needs for build space.

As educators, they see the value to their task of education of our team bringing in tens of thousands of dollars of educational effort from our sponsors. They understand the science, math, language, writing, technology, and every (!) other subject in school (even sewing!) that we bring to the students via the team. We show them how our kids grab us by the lapels and DEMAND we teach them the physics they need to design a beter robot. We show them how our students' average grades actually go UP during build season. Our kids give speeches explaining the impact of the program on them.

That's the basics, at least, of how we get such treatment.