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Unread 05-10-2005, 08:40
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Re: possible team merger
Good luck with the merger.

We have taken the opposite approach from the beginning of our team formation. We started out as team 217, Royal Fusion in 1999. It included all schools from Macomb County (Macomb Intermediate School District). Our entire concept was to spin off teams. The first team to spin off was L'anse Cruise (spelling?) High school in 2000. We then spun of team 818 from Warren Consolidated School District (another multi school team ) as they gained sponsorship from GM. Since 2002, no other teams have been spun off, but we remain a multi school team. We have four high schools all from the Utica Community School District. While other districts in our area (Pontiac, to name one) have each high school with their own team, we decided to not break up the ThunderChickens into the individual high schools.

I can tell you that the advantages of having a multi school team out weigh the disadvantages by a lot. You will become a better team as a merged entity.

-Paul
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