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Just remember that even if you're not an official school club/team, you can still be that school's team. You can negotiate with the school to use on-campus facilities for maybe a small fee, but if you're self-sustaining with fundraising and the school has no legal control over you, you are in a position of power to deal with the school. They will always want to brag about "their" robotics team, and will be more willing to make concessions if they think you can walk away with your high tech team whenever you want. Remember that if you put your school's name on a registration form or the robot, you are giving your school publicity and respect in probably the only international competition your school participates in, so make sure you get paid back for this service.