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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I take issue with is the kids doing door to door fundraising AND paying fees at every turn. Band trips are an additional fee. And I already paid for the band outfit! Teachers are salaried, no? So where is all this money going? Oh and they gave us a crappy — virtually unplayable — instrument to rent, so we had to buy our own. And yes, to the PP who said to “grow up”…of course I’ll pay the fee. It just gets to be a little much year after year, especially because they know we will pay it. [/quote]

Band trips are extra.

You should pay for your own activity.

The fundraising is for kids like yours whose parents can't or don't want to pay the full amount for their kid's fun stuff and activities.

Band trips are optional, and are part of the music program, but not part of the academic classes.

You, and every other music students, should definitely pay (or fundraise) for your school trips.

You should pay for your kid's uniform.  They wear it at least 4-5 times each year (around 20x over 4 years), it is ordered to size and you own it. If you don't want to buy one new, you can probably get a used one from a graduated senior for cheap.

What you should not be required to pay for is the music fee that pays for what is essentially the required textbooks and licensing for the academic music classes.[/quote]

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