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Re: Practice Locations
Our team reserves our Auxiliary gym a year in advance for the weekends for the build season. We set up on Friday after all the sports teams have done and take down Sunday night. That gives us 2 full days of practice time in a regulation sized field area.
I generally need to wrangle with the athletic department for this but I do it well before any of them even know they have a season to play and therefore beat them out on the first come-first served basis. As the team teacher and head coach I can do this for my team but I am not sure how successful a non-employee would be. Of course taking care of the facilities people over the years also helps when we need the extra hours. Everybody in our school has team 25 shirts.
This season team 103, the Cybersonics, generously invited us over to their field for practice and it set our team on a new mission. Their school built them a building and they have a permanent practice field and work area. We are jealous!!
But I am approaching our powers that be with the argument that every other major school team has a field/court/pool/stage to play in. I have my parent group looking into it. I have prefab building quotes for about $30K and I have suggestions from my facilities folks where we might erect a building. I've already told the boss that if this project comes to be I will put off retirement for a few years to see it through. So team 25 has a new mission for 2008-2009. I'm getting my grant writing resources in gear. Wish us luck.
WC
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