[mrmummert]

Hello...

1610 has some of the same problem. In 2005 we were at the high school, then in 2006 were at a
community college here, then in 2007 were back at the high school til 2008
then we were moved to a unused school gym that had been
the gym for the original 1920's high school which had been torn down, but the gym was a
free standing building that was later used for the middle school. A few years ago they built a
new gym for the middle school and the old gym was empty again.
we couldn't compete in 2009 because we were moved so late and the school
system had to modify the gym for our use (we also share it with wrestling
during their season) and since 2010 we have been there. We end up recuiting
thru the high school thru word of mouth, school announcements and a couple of
demostrations. Last year we opened team membership up to 8th graders of the
middle school and that helped greatly. Some kids on our team had been on the
FLL team when in elementary school. We also do community events and demos
on and off during the year. Our high school has only about 400 students and that doesn't
help either. We have to compete with many sports also for students and often have
to work around sports schedules to help retain students.