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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think in general people like softer teachers these days. I just see it as a style that parents weren't going well for.[/quote]

This is probably it. A lot of marching band directors have the whole football/basketball coach attitude, lots of yelling, throwing stuff, and it can escalate very quickly to singling out certain kids and playing favorites/scapegoats. At the same time, that attitude might have worked well at a previous school that takes marching band more “seriously,” but doesn’t work at every school and some schools and programs prioritize a relaxed and positive environment vs. more competitive and stressed. Sounds like maybe it was a bad fit all around.

There isn’t a shortage of HS music teachers and specials teachers in general. These are the open positions that can get hundreds of applicants or they can easily pull someone up from a middle or elementary school - ES not for band but for strings, orchestra, vocal music yes. It sounded like it was just a bad fit and they wanted to take their chances with someone else. [/quote]

There are some very good local HS marching band programs where the band directors know how to mentor kids without being screaming dictators.  [/quote]

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