[wendymom]

We at Team 1902 have a unique situation (I think) Last year my son was on a team at a school he did not attend. At the end of the year the school decided he could no longer be on that team.

We have formed a multi-school team but we are not run by any one school. We are a separate entity. We have non-profit status and are in the process of applying for our 501C-3. We will take kids from any school or home-schooled students. We are partnered with the 4 schools that have students on our team now. All the principals are behind us and help us out with FDLE screening for our volunteers. They also help out with absenses during competitons. We have also requested a facutly liason from each school. This year we only had one. This year we built out of a mentors garage and we still met in my living room. Mostly parents are in charge of major decisions.

We invite all the principals to every event, even when we visit the sponsors. This is a win-win situation. No teacher is required to be present at every build day or to do all the paperwork. All our finances are run through a team account that has nothing to do with any school. And no school can tell us who can be on the team, or that we can only attend certain events. Its very much run like a club sports team.

We also can get the whole community behind us because our schools are so close, no rivalry problems.

I hope this helps