Life calling?

I am a mechanical engineer (BS from Penn State 1990) with 20 yrs of industry experience.  In the past 2 years my volunteering has turned into a passion.  I work with 5th graders in an afterschool technology class in an inner city.  I now realize that beyond all the rhetoric, unions, admin, budgets, standardized testing, etc;  an opportunity to make a real difference exists.  Some dyanamics:

- almost all elementary teachers come from a non technical bent (non STEM - Science, technology, engineering, and math).
- almost all STEM funding currently goes to HS and some to MS.  Its too late by the time this money reaches the kids.

I would love to be part of an initiative to change this.