2020                         7470

Students

 

SUBJECT:    BAND INSTRUMENTS

a) All instrumental music students will be expected to own or rent their instrument — particularly the common and less expensive instruments (flute, clarinet, trumpet, saxophone etc.).

b) Students will not be required to own or rent the less common and more expensive instruments. Instruments in this category are as follows: oboe, bassoon, tuba, French horn, trombone, baritone horn, tenor and baritone saxophones, bass trombone and percussion instruments. School-owned instruments in this classification will be disbursed upon decisions by the instrumental music staff. Decisions will be dependent upon the individual student’s talent and merit and the need for a balanced instrumentation at each grade level.

c) Students and parents/legal guardians will assume responsibility for proper care of school-owned instruments and will pay for damages to same.

d)  The District will only transport, on its vehicles, those instruments whose size conforms with all existing laws regulating District transportation.

 

Adopted:  8/24/11

Revised:  9/22/20