Robotics Programs for younger students

[rkoripalli]

Hi everyone,

Currently my school district has 1 robotics team. An FRC team that students from all 4 high schools are a part of. One of our long term goals is to have some robotics program in all of the elementary and middle schools in our district as well.

We want some advice on how other teams are doing this. What programs do you use? VEX and FLL seem to be the popular options. Also, our team is funded by the robotics booster club, would it be good to fund the other teams from this booster club as well? One of the biggest obstacles we expect to face is finding a sponsor for the team from each school. How do you suggest finding teachers who will want to help out?