Klarinet Archive - Posting 000488.txt from 2004/11

From: "Thomas" <thomas@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Trust
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:30:10 -0500

>>A student should be comfortable leaving their instrument in the school
>>classroom. As Tony would surely point out, this should be because of trust
>>between everyone in the room
(and the trust that people who don't belong in that room don't have access,
I am sure the door to the room is locked and breaking and entering is a
crime whether on school property or not).<<

Whether it's locked or not, if an instrument is stolen on school property,
it had better be on the owner's homeowner's or renter's insurance. Because
the school's insurance does not cover it.

I had a student whose horn was stolen Out Of Her Case. The thief left the
case there empty. And the school said their insurance does not cover other
people's personal property that is left there.

Not all band rooms are locked 24/7. It's Not safe to leave a horn anywhere.
I know kids who leave their horns in the band director's office. And many a
time I've walked into that office which was left wide open while the
director went to the office, or the bathroom - or even if he was just 10
feet away in the band room. (You cannot see one from the other.) I could
have walked out with a couple of Buffets and a couple of silver flutes and
so could anyone else who was on the property.

Kids don't have cash. And they Will steal and sell the stuff. The economy
sucks. People don't have a lot of money. A horn left lying unsecured is
just bait. Anyone who leaves an instrument not under lock and key in a car
or a public place is just asking for it.

Lynn

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