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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2008-08-12 22:52
My daughter's school (up until last year) had a semester system, and that was the case, although after the football team was done losing all their games, the kids in band divided up into the three concert bands they had for the rest of the year. Now with trimesters, kids are finding it difficult to remain in band for all three sessions, as certain other classes they have to have are only offered at one time in one section, especially for Honors/AP type classes. The ordinary stuff has plenty of section offerings, but the high-achieving kids are basically screwed when it comes to course selection under the new system.
Like Mark mentioned above, Marching Band is the only choice available as far as a band class in the Fall. At our school orchestra is not really an option, as the orchestra is exclusively strings. Fortunately, my daughter has convinced her counselor and dean to allow Marching Band as one of the Physical Education requirements, also. We are also in the metro Detroit area, much the same as Mark, and unfortunately, we seem to suffer from the same mentality on the part of the school boards around here. ![[frown]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie2.gif) Millions for sports...but not a penny for the arts.
Jeff
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