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bandteacher1 · 02-19-2010, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by mr dave

that's a rough predicament. i remember my high school being about that old as well, but instead of denying accessibility it cut funding to the music program (although there were only about a dozen students out of 500-600 that would participate).

as for the bus, wouldn't it be a HUGE liability to take the handicapped student out of their chair for transportation?

Luckily, the arts in my district are protected from budget cuts by the school, because we're self funded. The arts teachers in my district got together a few years ago, and formed the arts councile. We do fund raisingers, and we plan our own budget. The reason we formed this council was because otherwise, the 2001-2002 school year would NOT of have had any arts. No music, no theater, no art, no woodshop, no computer tech classes. And 40 or so teachers in the district woulda been out of a job. (By the way, my high school is a regional high school, so we have our own district that overlaps 4 or 5 others.)

And the bus issue is a major issue. However, I have talked to him and his parents, as long as his chair is nearby, they really don't have any issue picking him up out the chair and putting him on the bus. I just have to get it writing.

And Sugar, he plays flute. He said he wanted to march flute, so I have to respect that.