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[quote=Anonymous]Long story short: DS attended a public gifted magnet (out of DC area) for middle school.  We picked it for the academics.  Turned out it had a phenomenal band program.  DS learned the trombone, and got really good. Band was playing level 4 music and competing regionally at end of 8th.  We were astounded how good they were. 
DS is now at an elite private (not DC), and academics and sports are fantastic.  it's everything we wanted, except the band program is bad.  We knew going in that it was going to be a step down, but it's worse than we imagined.  The director doesn't know what he's doing, doesn't link the kids up or prepare them for all city/all state. Some of the kids can barely read music.  DS went from playing tough classical and music scores to playing Stevie Wonder.  There are definitely things the school could do. For example, there's an advanced band (11th & 12th), that they could have had kids audition for. Instead of sorting it by grade.  Also, the band class could be organized to directly teach reading music in the lower school, instead of relying on private lessons (which many kids don't do/time constraint issues). 
I know 2 fellow families who feel the exact same, so it's not just us.

Can I go the head of the school about this?  Or the board?  Is that too much?  How do you communicate disappointment and suggestions to a private school?  We have tried talking to the band teacher. He's nice enough, just clueless. 
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