Incoming e-mail from a returning student's parent. She wants me to know that her son was accepted in an independent youth group, whose rehearsals will conflict with all of our Friday events. She wants assurance that we will work around his schedule and give him opportunities to make up the performance points... for every single Friday event.... of which there may be nine in the first semester alone.
*sigh*
I understand this - the mom wants her kid to be a player in a classical group, not a football pep band. To be honest... so do I...... But in lieu of a real marching band, I have accepted my fate as having a role in the school culture, one that involves at least providing a pep group to produce in-stand entertainment. That keeps our relations with everyone else on campus amicable.
But that's not her problem, it's mine. All she knows is that the NRHS band program is railroading her son into an activity that they are not really interested in, and preventing him from being a part of a group that is much more up his alley.
I'll let you know how this plays out.
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