Your Child's Safety at After School Band Rehearsals
Dear Elementary Band Parents:
The following procedures have been put into place in order that all the children that attend after-school band rehearsals will be safe at all times:
Every child must return a music department emergency medical form to either band director. If your child has not done so yet please see either band director for one to be filled out immediately. Also, please notify either band director when any of the information on the form changes. Please make this a priority!
All children must be dropped off and picked up by the side entrance to the music wing and are to enter and exit that door only. By using any other door we cannot provide adequate safety for your child! One of the band directors should arrive at the middle school by 3:15 PM. If you arrive early, please wait with your child until this time so that proper supervision can be provided.
All children must have full knowledge of how they are getting home before coming to the rehearsal and some notification must be given to either band director if out of the ordinary arrangements have been made.
Children who have not been picked up after the first large wave of children has left must go back and wait in the music room for their ride. Parents of these students must come into the music room to get their children. No child will be left alone waiting outside for a late ride at any time at this side entrance.
We do understand that it is not always possible to pick up your child right at 5 PM; however, we strongly urge that every effort be made to pick-up your children as promptly as possible!
We want to assure parents that no child that we know of will be left waiting for a ride alone no matter how late, but we would like to ask you to also be considerate of our families as well and to try to be as prompt as possible. As a side note, many children, over the course of the year, leave belongings in the band or set-up rooms. Our practice has been and will continue to be that we will only take with us music related belongings if left behind. Book bags, water bottles, homework books and articles of clothing or anything else will be left in the band room in a box marked “Elem. Band Lost and Found”.
It is our hope that these policies will help us to maintain a safe environment. We ask that you please respect these policies so that we can ensure your child’s safety at each after school rehearsal.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact any of the directors.
Mike Bergeron (Bergeron@rochesterschools.com)
Melissa Hunt (Hunt.m@rochesterschools.com)