Klarinet Archive - Posting 000035.txt from 2007/10

From: Marvin Western <mwestern@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lesson Cancellation Policy
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:46:21 -0400

Daniel

I am sorry, I may have incorrectly assumed your issue involved a =20
student in a college situation. My private students pay by the =20
month. If I cancel, we either make up the lesson or they don't pay =20
for the lesson. If they cancel the lesson, they pay but I always try =20=

to find a mutually agreeable makeup time.

Marvin Western

On Oct 3, 2007, at 10:29 PM, Bill Foss wrote:

> I ask for at least 24 hours notice or they will be charged for the =20
> lesson. I don't care why because private lessons are not required.
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> Bill Foss
> US Army Retired
> USC Aiken, Woodwind Professor
> Director of Bands, Aiken Prep
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Stover" =20
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> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:32 PM
> Subject: [kl] Lesson Cancellation Policy
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> Hi list,
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> Just wondering what other private lesson teachers do for cancelled =20
> lessons.
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> Around here the standard is 24 hours notice some say 48 hours. But =20=

> do you care why or just that they give you early notice?
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> I had a student say they wouldn't be at his lesson on Halloween. I =20=

> think the reason for not being at a lesson has to be suitable as in =20=

> a school/band required function, sudden illness, sudden death in =20
> the family, etc. But trick-or-treating doesn't cut it. And if I =20
> can't get my students to move up to fill the time, then that's a =20
> half an hour that I'm sitting there NOT getting paid.
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> A friend of mine said that as long as they give adequate notice, he =20=

> doesn't care.
>
> Thoughts?
> Daniel Stover
> Houston, TX
> Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook =96 together at =20
> last. Get it now.
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