Dear colleagues,

Thanks for your responses about scheduling instrumental music. Now
I'm wondering how your school pays for instrumental music.

For the past few years, Emerson WS hasn't been offering instrumental
music beyond strings in the 4th grade. This year we added strings
lessons for 5th and we'll continue adding each year through the
middle school years, with the new option of changing to a wind
instrument in 6th grade.

The college of teachers here is leaning toward paying for the initial
year of strings lessons- 4th grade- but then collecting an annual fee
(probably about $250 per student) in order to continue lessons in
5th - 8th grade. The touchy thing for me is that I am suggesting
that playing some instrument is compulsory through 8th grade. That
means we're charging extra for compulsory lessons.

How does your school handle the cost of bringing in specialists for
instrumental lessons?

Thanks for your advice!

Jason Child
Emerson Waldorf School
Chapel Hill, NC
919-967-1858 x. 26 (school)