I'm actually in IT. My father is the local high school chemistry teacher. 3D printer's are more impressionable then a wood lathe or a drill press imo; which is usually all the schools have on hand. They did make a recent push to give classroom's tablet's, which is a start. I have a lower cost printer kit; the Anycubic Delta. Delta's look really cool, but in a school environment I'm not sure it would be very reliable. I would pop the Lulzbot in the classroom for kid's to use and use it myself in the summer. Lulzbot have warranty and support, kit's don't have that. Creality CR-10 is a great machine for the cost, I agree. I've come very close to buying one.
Who was the lucky winners of the lulzbot mini's? There was never any announcement