Re: Re: Re: band director/student


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Posted by see note to mary ann on October 08, 2003 at 08:50:08:

In Reply to: Re: Re: band director/student posted by Dean on October 07, 2003 at 06:01:03:

this was a very tough situation. see the response to mary-ann above

We did ultimately tell the kid's father who was president of the board of education, who agreed a quiet resolution was best.

The only part in which we perhaps did not behave properly, from the perspective of 40 years on, was taking advantange of the situation to take liberties with the band and choir. We never really abused that, though. We just vetoed a few things he wanted to do that we didn't think were good for the groups, and suggested a few things we thought were good ideas. Our group consisted of the principal trumpet, principal clarinet and principal tuba players (and all basses/baritones in the choir), not exactly kids out to trash the band or choir.

More than anything, it ws a life lesson to me about the abuse of power by those in authority.


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