Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) announced yesterday that the Kiel Area School District is one of 28 school districts throughout the state that has been awarded a total of more than $635,000 in grants to establish or expand local fabrication laboratory (fab lab) facilities.
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.
The Kiel Area School District is slotted to receive j$17,244 for their fab lab.
For more information on the state’s fab labs, including resources for teachers, visit wedc.org/FabLabs.
