Funding.
How to fund a High School Robotics Class and a FIRST Robotics Team.
Whether you are starting a new robotics class or simply trying to keep an existing program on it's feet, you need funding. I have distinguished four main funding sources in order of ease:
1.) School Funded
The easiest way to fund a Robotics Program is to ask your school administrators or the Board of Educatuion to fund the program! Hopefully if you are teaching this class during the school day, you will have a large enough budget to make it all work. Realistically though, this is usually not enough because robotics is expensive!
2.) Donations
3.) Fundraisers