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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD goes to WHS and is a musician affected by this decision. She is in the most advanced ensemble for her instrument, and it’s an honors course, so she gets a 0.5 GPA bump. This is not unique to WHS; there are 25 or so high schools that offer honors band/orchestra, etc.

Everyone in the honors ensemble meets for 1.5 hours, once a week, outside of school hours. In this case, it’s a symphonic orchestra that otherwise does not meet during school hours (the kids take the most advanced orchestra and band separately during school hours and come together to form a full symphony during the after school hours). There is at least one other HS that does it in a similar manner (meets regularly after school, but not once a week) that I know of, because DD has friends that are in those ensembles. As far as I know, this is how things have been done for over a decade.

DD’s understanding is that the other arts departments complained that they don’t have similar offerings, leading to the cuts to level the playing field. She was told that this will result in honors ensembles being done away with entirely, and believes it will lead to further drop in participation. [/quote]

I have had advanced musicians at a different fcps.

When they rehearse after school for things like you describe, it is NOT for extra academic credit.[/quote]

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