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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope schools don't cave to parents because of these weak-ass excuses.

To be in the high level band, you must participate in marching band, period.

It is treated like a sport - otherwise people would blow off marching band.

My kid loved Marching Band. Many kids do. It builds instant community.

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Weak-ass excuses? A physical disability is a weak-ass excuse? [/quote]

Well, I'm physically disabled, and my child's band instructor has mentioned how my disability could be accommodated if I were still in high school. I could've done marching band.

That's the cool thing about marching band -- even kids who can't do sports because of physical disabilities can do marching band. [/quote]

It depends on the disability. Not all physical disabilities are equal.

Please explain how a child with albinism, who cannot be in the sun for more than a few minutes and who needs a large desktop magnifier to see music or text, can be accommodated in marching band. [/quote]

They aren’t all equal. No reasonable person was saying they are. But are you suggesting we get rid of every class and activity that a child with albinism cannot participate in?[/quote]

Of course not.

I do think we should get rid of the blanket policy several people here claim exists, in which everyone in advanced band must participate in marching band or that every disability can be accommodated in a way that allows for participation.

I also resent the post above that used the term "weak-ass excuses."[/quote]

I don't think anyone here said all disabilities can be accommodated.

Someone said kids with disabilities can participate. I didn't take that to mean every single kid and every disability. I think people are meaning this in general.[/quote]

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