[Gdeaver]

I have a question for teams that have gone independent from a school district. How do you handle insurance? Our robot team is an official school district sponsored team. Both the students, teachers, and outside mentors are covered under the school districts policy. The coverage and protection is considerable however, there is allot of bureaucratic demands placed on the teacher in charge. In the past, some adult mentors looked at moving the team to a Scouting America venture club. The venture club looked like it would solve the insurance and non-profit issues. Our school district more or less said it's their way or good luck. No money, no support, no free use of facilities. How is this handled by independent teams?