[Jon Stratis]

Definitely do demos. Find out if there are any school assemblies where the team can get up in front of everyone all at once.

To help get teachers committed, try talking to the school (the assistant principal should be able to help here!) about providing a coaching stipend for one or two teachers. Typically, coaches for football, basketball, soccer, etc all get some sort of stipend... And as FRC has been part of the MSHSL for the past 4 years many districts have opened that up to include robotics coaches as well. By getting one or two paid positions with the team, you create a situation where the teachers are officially recognized by the school and expected to put time into the program - so it's much more than you just begging them to come to meetings. Perhaps the best part of having those paid positions (from a selfish point of view), is that those positions are the ones actually responsible for everything - paper work with the school, permission slips, etc. Everyone else is a mentor there to help, and their focus can be entirely internal to the team, ignoring those external interfaces with the school.