CONTRACTS
All private lesson students and band programs will need to read, agree to, and sign their subsequent contracts before services are rendered.
PAYMENT: All private lessons are the responsibility of the student and must be paid monthly in advance (Exception: Due to financial need, you and your instructor can agree upon a payment schedule that meets your needs, so long as every party is in agreement). Payments are made directly to the private lesson teacher. Private lesson teachers are responsible for tracking lesson payments and will issue a receipt for payments made by the student. Non-payment, returned checks, or repeated late payments are grounds for dismissal from the private lessons.
CANCELLATION: Students must give at least 36 hours’ notice for all cancelled lessons to receive credit for future make-up lessons. (Exception: if a student is absent from school that day due to illness. Please make sure to send some form of communication to your instructor as soon as possible). Failure to do communicate in a timely manner will result in a defaulted lesson. Students will be charged the regular lesson rate for each defaulted lesson. Instructors will not be required to make up any defaulted lesson. In the event of an emergency, the lessons may be cleared of default status if a reasonable attempt to notify could not have been made. In such cases, notification must be made at the earliest possible time. The lessons teacher will have the final word on all such determinations. If a student is late for a lesson, the teacher is under no obligation to extend the lesson beyond the normal ending time or to make up the lost time. If a teacher is late for a lesson, the teacher must either extend the ending time or make up the lost time at a later date. If a student is unable to contact the teacher to report a cancellation, the student may notify their band director, if and only if he/she has attempted unsuccessfully to reach the teacher. The same policy/procedures will be in place for teacher cancellations with one exception. If the teacher gives 36 hours’ notice, the cancellations may be reported to the director to be relayed to the student.
PAYMENT RESPONSIBILITY: All sectional and clinician payments are the responsibility of the band director and must be paid monthly, at the end of the month when the invoice is sent. Non-payment, returned checks, or repeated late payments are grounds for dismissal from sectionals.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Band Directors must give at least 24 hours’ notice for all cancelled sectionals. Failure to do communicate in a timely manner will result in a defaulted sectional. Band Programs will be charged the regular sectional rate for each defaulted sectional. Instructors will not be required to make up any defaulted sectional. In the event of an emergency, the sectionals may be cleared of default status if a reasonable attempt to notify could not have been made. In such cases, notification must be made at the earliest possible time. The instructor will have the final word on all such determinations. If the instructor is late for a lesson, the instructor must either extend the ending time or make up the lost time at a later date. The same policy/procedures will be in place for instructor cancellations.
STUDENT BEHAVIOR & EXPECTATIONS: During sectionals, the instructor will not be left alone with less than two students at any given time. Students exhibiting major behavior concerns will be removed from sectionals for the remainder of the class period. The instructor has the right to prohibit students from returning to future sectionals.
LCS VENDOR & VOLUNTEER: The sectional instructor acts as a private contractor. They are well-trained professionals and will adhere to all Lake County Schools regulations and guidelines. The sectional instructor has undergone and cleared an extensive criminal history background check (Level 2 with Lake County Schools), and is an approved LCS Vendor.