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We work out of a mentors garage - a nice garage - includes a Bridgeport, nice lighting -
We have grown from a team of ~ 15 for a few years to now a team over 50 students.

2 years ago at about 35 students we experienced lots of issues with overcrowding.

Last year we developed a 2 shift system with sign-ups to keep at any one time a limit of about 16 students - which we we feel can effectively work in ~4 subteams. Mentors also shared time. Requires lots of communication to keep things moving forward in one direction - but in general we felt it worked to keep all students as engaged as they wanted and to keep enough continuity between shifts.

We have grown again another 10 students - so we will see how that goes.