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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 304663" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>I agree with all of you. It is crazy, and kids this age DO need more sleep!</p><p> </p><p>The teacher replied this morning with an explanation and an offer for difficult child 1. The explanation for the weird hours is essentially a funding and enrollment issue. When they originally calculated their enrollment numbers for this new high school, they did not think they would get very many students, nor did they think it would be a balanced group in terms of instrumentation. They were going to just have the band or choir director lead the group since it was going to be so small, and they were afraid it would just dissolve since most kids only want a period 1-6 academic schedule (I guess meaning they don't want to come in for a 0 period). And they were going to have our kids go over to another high school in the afternoons twice a month so they could play with a larger group that was better balanced. Plus, they weren't allowed any new hires to cover for orchestra because of our lovely state budget issues. They called in this teacher to help with the group, but she also teaches at a middle school and another high school in our district, so her time is compromised as well.</p><p> </p><p>Now that they see they have a full complement of instruments, going to the other high school twice a month is not required, but they still have to make up the time somehow and still make it work with this one teacher they have available to them. Thus the extended class time in the morning.</p><p> </p><p>The option that is being offered to difficult child 1 is that he will be allowed to come in "late" at 6:50 instead of 6:25 and he'd be given an automatic excused medical tardy. He would still have to make up the time, either by going to the afternoon rehearsal at the other school or through independent practice at home.</p><p> </p><p>He really wants to be in the orchestra, so as of today, dropping it is not an option for him. We need to talk about this today and make a decision. I guess the excused tardy is a reasonable option. I just don't know how that looks on a transcript for college, though...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 304663, member: 3444"] I agree with all of you. It is crazy, and kids this age DO need more sleep! The teacher replied this morning with an explanation and an offer for difficult child 1. The explanation for the weird hours is essentially a funding and enrollment issue. When they originally calculated their enrollment numbers for this new high school, they did not think they would get very many students, nor did they think it would be a balanced group in terms of instrumentation. They were going to just have the band or choir director lead the group since it was going to be so small, and they were afraid it would just dissolve since most kids only want a period 1-6 academic schedule (I guess meaning they don't want to come in for a 0 period). And they were going to have our kids go over to another high school in the afternoons twice a month so they could play with a larger group that was better balanced. Plus, they weren't allowed any new hires to cover for orchestra because of our lovely state budget issues. They called in this teacher to help with the group, but she also teaches at a middle school and another high school in our district, so her time is compromised as well. Now that they see they have a full complement of instruments, going to the other high school twice a month is not required, but they still have to make up the time somehow and still make it work with this one teacher they have available to them. Thus the extended class time in the morning. The option that is being offered to difficult child 1 is that he will be allowed to come in "late" at 6:50 instead of 6:25 and he'd be given an automatic excused medical tardy. He would still have to make up the time, either by going to the afternoon rehearsal at the other school or through independent practice at home. He really wants to be in the orchestra, so as of today, dropping it is not an option for him. We need to talk about this today and make a decision. I guess the excused tardy is a reasonable option. I just don't know how that looks on a transcript for college, though... [/QUOTE]
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