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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes.   What is the attire for other MCPS high school choirs?  Would be interested I. Hearing of a large expenditure is asked of the parents. [/quote]

The biggest problem is the grade deduction tied to dress code infringement. It's not allowed.

Performance clothes cost what they cost, but multiple layers needing hemming is NOT practical and parents can definitely complain. A public school chorus should not have more than one performance uniform.

Finally, the teacher should always add a line in their email about the school helping families in need who cannot afford the special outfit. This is a Bethesda-area school with a well-funded PTA. These schools are ready and able to help, but the teacher has to know how to handle that and not pick something completely over the top in the first place.[/quote]

Yes, but MCPS requires every secondary school to send at least one choir, one band, and one orchestra to “adjudication” every March. One of the criteria the ensembles are judged on is “appearance”. This is an unfunded mandate because MCPS should be purchasing whatever kids are required to wear for the performances like they purchase jerseys for athletics. [/quote]

It's not unfunded. It's funded out of the MCPS Operating Budget. If your principal doesn't use the money she is supposed to use for the choir, that's on her.  [/quote]

Wrong. MCPS gives a tiny bit of money to each school to pay for transportation to adjudication. MCPS also gives about $5 per kid in instrumental music classes to fund instrument repairs (not guitar). Zero money comes from MCPS for performance attire. Who pays for sports jerseys?[/quote]

MCPS funds classes. They are all funded in the Operating Budget. If you sit back and let your principal short your students, that's on you.[/quote]

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