Copy assignment structure to a new document

I lay out a biweekly newspaper and we keep a consistent layout from one week to the next. After each issue, I duplicate and rename the original file, delete all the content and then input the new content from Word documents (my workflow does not currently incorporate InCopy). I want to set up InCopy so that each story has its own assignment, and writers can submit stories directly into my layout. Is there a way to not have to reassign each text box to an assignment after copying the file? Ideally I would like to duplicate both the InDesign document and the InCopy assignment folder, and then point InDesign to a new directory.
I am using InDesign CS5.5, and InCopy CS6 on both Macs and PCs. The InCopy files are located on a college network over which I have minimal privileges.
Thanks for your help

It is reccomended that you set up assignments for each story weekly. It can get a bit messy with linking.
I used to be the design editor at my school's newspaper and the way we set it up was as such:
Each section had its own InDesign template file that had basic geometry layed out
Every week (our paper was weekly) I would open up the .indt files and save them in a new directory on our server
Then I would make minor adjustments to geometry to match how many stories we were going to have
I would then assign InCopy assignments to each story then
I would reccomend you do the same or something similar.
PS, you shouldhave the same CS versions of InDesign and InCopy for this workflow. Either buy an older version of InCopy CS5.5 on Amazon (cheaper), or upgrade InDesign to CS6 (recommended).

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