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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, yes. Our college freshman did marching band all four years of high school with honors and AP courses all the way through HS. It is a great experience for your student to learn how to budget time and handle a workload. This is what colleges like to see, actually. Can you manage your time well? (College requires it.) Can you work under pressure sometimes? Can you use time management skills?

I would say do not deny your student the opportunity to demonstrate it.[/quote]

But the thing is, my child wouldn’t be able to fit in 4 yrs of the most important core classes in addition to required electives (gym, etc) with band.  They likely would have to cut social studies and not do 4 yrs if it or maybe not 4 yrs if a foreign language.  They only have 5 periods at their school.  [/quote]

This seems like a failure on the school's part, to make taking band not compatible with a full academic schedule. [/quote]

+1 That's a school issue. Band all 4 years isn't a problem in FCPS. As others have said, maybe look into summer PE. [/quote]

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