Dirty Birds need advice

[DirtyBird213]

Thank You all for your advice. Since I last wrote, we have had a huge outpouring from the engineers that have worked with us in the past, most of our engineers still want to help even tho their companies have pulled out. BTW, I found out that the decision to pull our funding was made by a few engineers, who wanted to try to put pressure on our school. They thought if they pulled funding our team would crumble and no longer be. They wanted us to come running back with all of their demands met. We have been trying for 4 years to do what they have asked, but there is no way for it to happen. We have over 1700 students, you all know how school budgets work, We can't justify adding robotics as a class and paying a teachers salary for it when we need teachers in other areas. The school budget is so tight! As far as a classroom, our school does accomidate us during build season, again we can't justify using a classroom for only 6 weeks a year and then having it empty the rest of the year. We have teachers here who don't have a permanate classroom, they "float" from class to class. And as far as disipline, that should be left up to the school, the students need to follow school rules. If they don't then they should be disiplined according to school policy. I think once we know what this years design will be will determine how much money we need to raise. Our comunity has been very supportive, I know when we put the call for help out they will support us.
Thanks again for all your advice!