For school collaborations parents make for a great ally.
@WinniePoncelet, yes I’ve played CLUEDO but it’s never occured to me that it’s a good edu resource. Whoa.
My mom is a computer science teacher. She is organising tech contests and involves IT companies who are very much on the lookout for future hires. They not only sponsor by providing the prizes, but also come and become juries in the contests, and enjoy meeting bright young people. True, they are true moneybags, but thriving businesses are probably not a rarity. Also, the Education Ministry has passed a provision saying that a week every year in spring all schools have the opportunity to insert more creative and unconventional programming in their schedule: “Different School” is called - completely decentralized, so teachers themselves select and organise activities for their pupils - including taking them outside school.
Have you met @Rozina? She mentioned that the school has no time to think extracurricularly but if parents or other supporters can lead, than they are up for hosting more creative things…