Questions: Support From Your School (Financial & Other)

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1. Slidell High is a public school
2. This is 3946's fourth year in existence and competition. The school did have a previous team (2182) for about 2 years.
3. Until a few weeks ago, essentially just build and practice space (a large science classroom that is a classroom as well as our build and storage space, and a section of parking lot.) and field trip permission. When we won a trip to championships, they chipped in the entry fee. We are working to expand our facilities and funding our head coach similar to sports teams, but we're not there yet.
4. We have about a $20-$30k budget, which essentially doubled this year with a $9k donation from Ingersoll Rand to buy and outfit a trailer, and the fund raising biltz to pay for championships. Only our championship entry fee was paid by the school board. Oh, yes, our head coach gets $200 a year bonus, same as if he were heading up a chess club.
5. Working on that - currently $200 per year for the head coach.
6. No districts here. Some middle schools have FLL - we're mentoring a couple, and provide half the staff for a regional FLL tournament and a quarter of the staff for the LA state FLL tourney. FTC just started in Louisiana this year - we haven't been involved yet.
7. We have a single one-semester robotics course that's based on the BOE-bot, offered once every two or three years. Not directly related to FRC.
8. We work with the football team on publicity via our air cannon, keep up a garden area, provide a great meeting ground for students of every description. We're looking to enhance our connection with the football team next year by bringing the air cannon to road games and also providing some trailer transportation for the football team. We repaired our school's "Slidell Pelican" last year when it was vandalized, and do lots of little things around and about.