What does your school do for FIRST?

[JaneYoung]

I've been reading this thread as it has developed and I have a couple of thoughts I'd like to share.
Realizing that we are working with schools, systems, administrations, and cultures from many different places, I would like to think that one way to begin receiving from the schools is to give to the schools. To develop a relationship with the school, the district, the system. Develop it as we would a relationship with our communities and our sponsors. Working at it. Find ways to help, pitch in, contribute, participate as a team and representing the team. If the school is not doing anything to support the team, offer a way to support the school. Not all systems are run smoothly or to our liking, that is true, but it does not diminish in any way, that FIRST robotics teams can and often do find success even in the most difficult of circumstances and situations. An opportunity is always there waiting to be discovered, we just have to look and then see what we can do to help create change.

[Dylan Gramlich]

There is a similar disscussion here http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=45472 which also could be looked into for more information on this subject

[Katie_UPS]

Our team is a collaboration of two schools; one school supplies most of the kids, while the other supplies facilities.

From the first of the mentioned schools, we get very little, but still some, support. I'm pretty sure we get no money, but we have atleast one mentor, hopefully getting more, and our school is completely ok with us missing school for demos and competition. Unfortunately my school is not equiped any shops or even drills, which is where the second school comes into play.
The other school, that also gives little to no money, gives us our better machinests and has some of the best shops in the city (Milwaukee). They've given us atleast one mentor (expanding) and have let in their doors at least 30 hours a week during build (normally more).

The team is relativly unknown at both schools due to lack of student interest, but we do get a decent amount of support.