5-10-21 governor evers announces fab lab grants

Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation  have announced that 28 school districts throughout the state have been awarded a total of more than $635,000 in grants to establish or expand local fabrication laboratory (fab lab) facilities.   The Dodgeland School District received $25,000.  The Kiel  Area School District receives a grant for $17,244.   The 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 school, junior high or high school students.

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