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* Team Name / Number ~ Rocky Mountain Robotics / 662
* Team Location ~ Colorado Springs, CO
* How many student team members ~ Approx 50
* How many schools ~ Students from 4 High Schools are eligible, this year however, we only have students from 3 schools

* Breakdown - how many students from each of the schools (generally)
~ One of the great things about how our team works is that the students work so well together as a team, I forget that they are in different schools (long story short, I dont know)

* How do you organize your team with multiple schools ~ None of our schools have a good shop so we build in a borrowed location. Web and animation are done in one schools computer lab.

* What are pros / cons you have seen given your arrangement
~ Biggest Pro is that we are sponsored by the school district and get funding from them. We are able to recruit from a larger pool of students.
~ Biggest Con is that since we are not attached to any one school, a build location has been a challenge. This is more result of the fact that none of our schools has a suitable shop. I do think that if we were a single school team, we would have a better chance of finding a permanent place to build at that school. Additionally, since we are not attached to a school, the administration in each High School does not see our team as part that school and does not provide much recognition of our accomplishments. Working around the schedules of 3 or 4 different schools can be a challenge.
* Do you have any advice to other teams who may want to do something similar
~ Multiple schools have allowed our team to grow much faster than we could have if we were limited to students from one school. Seek out the principals from each school and try to convince them of the value of FIRST. Try to get them to a regional competition to see the students all full of spirit.