Music Issue

sfegley  posted on: 09/21/09 01:34 PM

I'm licking my wounds today, but will eventually need to look at where we go next. My leaning is to advertise for a part-time, extracurriular marching band director and see what we get. My next intention would be to add this position in staffing requests for 2000-01 and see how long that lasts in the budget development process. The third leaning would be to wait until Memorial Day and point out the Board Members in the crowd when people come and ask me why there is no marching band... Did I read you right? Make Marching Band otional for kids now. Look for the part-time person as an extra duty assignement only? In either case when we don't get one adult and/or a significant group of kids willing to volunteer - we watch a program offering at the small school with BIG ideas die... I don't think that's what's best for kids. I thought that's what we were about. In punishing Pete for being mediocre or disinterested, is it okay to punish kids, too? This might be a good vehicle for away from the table discussion....Let's see if it is.