I feel lucky now.
Our school has been very supportive. Of course our situatin is somewhat unique. Team 647 is sponsered by Shoemaker High school. General Shoemaker (the man the school is named for) is very supportive of our team and fights for use at the svhool board meetings. For some reason the school board has a hard time saying no to him.
We have had money problems too. As a club we have to do our finaces through the school and are even restricted who we can get donations from. We have managed to get around this problem by creating a booster club. Similar to those many athletic teams have, the school district places no restrictions on their finaces. We have a problem with membership though, one parent is largely responsible for it. we consistantly have problems getting parents to particapate in the program.