[Keith Chester]

Team 25 lost a large number of seniors a couple years back, so we know what its like to have growing pains like that.

The biggest problem with the last batch that graduated was training- they never trained anyone else on the team, leaving a large number of us untrained students to fill up jobs that required experience. It was hard at first, and caused us to develop training programs for new AND current members. While our program will reach a head next year, I'm happy to say that I no longer worry about leaving 25- I have trained or watched others be trained to the point where I no longer need to worry about the future of the team when certain seniors leave.

I highly advise training new members throughout the year, just not at the end when members are leaving, so that when seniors graduate they will be missed, but not needed.

Let me know if you guys need help developing training programs for your new members.