Md. Schools Superintendent Visiting Garrett Robotics Lab
ACCIDENT, Md. (AP) -- Maryland State Schools Superintendent Lillian Lowery is visiting a robotics laboratory in far western Maryland that produced a regional championship team two years in a row.
She's visiting the Garrett Engineering And Robotics Society building in Accident Wednesday. Her visit is part of a tour highlighting science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs in Garrett and Allegany county schools.
A team of Garrett County high school students won the Greater Pittsburgh Regional title last weekend in a national robotics contest. The contest is sponsored by a New Hampshire-based nonprofit called FIRST, founded by inventor Dean Kamen.
The team's victory earned them a spot at the world championships to be held April 22-24 in St. Louis. They'll also compete in the Chesapeake regional in College Park in early April.
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