Two Local Schools Selected for Fab Lab Grants
Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 -- 11:55 AM
-Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation announced that 20 school districts throughout the state have been awarded a total of more than $500,000 in grants to establish or expand local fabrication laboratory, or fab lab, facilities.A fab lab is a high-technology workshop equipped with computer-controlled manufacturing components such as 3D printers, laser engravers, computer numerical control routers and plasma cutters. Through its Fab Labs Grant Program, WEDC is supporting the purchase of fab lab equipment for instructional and educational purposes by elementary, middle, junior high or high school students. Some local school districts were selected for this round of grants including Abbotsford for $25,000 and Thorp for $24,157.
The 20 public school districts are receiving a total of $520,399 in Fab Labs Grants from WEDC. Individual school districts were eligible for up to $25,000, and consortiums of two or more districts were eligible for up to $50,000. The program requires matching funds from each district.
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