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Re: Multi-school teams
Team 237 is comprised of two schools, Watertown High and Kaynor Tech. The team was founded and operates out of the Watertown school. Several Kaynor students were interested in the team and joined since they didn't have thier own team and Kaynor is only 8 minutes away. These students live in town but attend Kaynor since Watertown doesn't offer certain technical programs. Watertown has a difficult school board and informed us that no one from other schools can join anymore. The current students (2) can stay since they're "grandfathered in". BoE has "officially" cited insurance reasons that there's no way of getting around (we've tried, gave up) even though these students live in Watertown and are technically "Watertown" students.
So in short, it is possible, although it didn't work for us. There are some successful multi school teams but it basically comes down to how well all the parties involved work together and how much they're willing to make it work.
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