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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is hard to do band and not expect to miss classes sometimes, between during the school day performances and band trips. So if your kid feels he absolutely cannot miss other classes, band may not be for him.

In our experience, DS worked with his other teachers beforehand to come up with a plan for when he would miss a class. Same for his sport which occasionally takes him out of school.

He is a senior now heading to T20 next fall.[/quote]

+1 This is really a one-time situation (or maybe one or two times a year). It's the perfect storm. Hard class, block scheduling, in-school holiday concert. One or both teachers should be in touch and in touch with each other.

We have one language teacher who is furious at band pullouts and marks the student absent. That's for the band teacher to sort. The student is fine and keeping up with the language.

Your DS made a mature decision and next time, for a different class, he will probably be fine with a pull-out.
Also, band can excuse these rather than a zero. They need to be told in advance. Our band teacher will excuse evening concerts which count as your whole grade because life, you know? Sometimes a student has real life, serious conflicts. You just have to tell him in advance. [/quote]

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