Where possible, students are to furnish and be responsible for their own musical instruments. It shall be the sole responsibility of the parents to select and purchase instruments for their children. The school district and school personnel shall not assume any responsibility or direction on the acquisition of musical instruments. All rental and purchase agreements are the absolute responsibility and obligations of the parties involved, and be it understood that the schools and the school district are not involved parties.
The school district shall provide, as it is able, a compliment of band instruments, particularly large specialized instruments, for student use under the following guidelines:
1-The student use fee for a district provided instrument shall be $35 per year. The principal will work on an individual basis with student(s) unable to respond to the requested fee for financial reasons. This fee will be place in a separate high school activities account and used for general repair and update of instruments.
2-Students will be responsible for mouth pieces and replacing broken reeds in woodwind instruments.
3-Prior to checking instruments out, a thorough inspection will be made of the instrument by the music teacher. Defects shall be noted in this inspection and written down on the instrumental rental agreement. Repair of damage, other than that noted in the initial inspection, shall be the responsibility of the student to whom the instrument was check out.
4-District instruments shall be checked out on a first come first serve basis. A waiting list shall be established in the event that there are not enough instruments to meet the demand.
5-Summer band students will be permitted to keep their instruments throughout the summer music program.
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ADOPTED: June 21, 2000
AMENDED: March 19, 2003
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