More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Currently, the band spends much of its funds on instrument repair and maintenance. By simply purchasing a repair kit and manual, these costs will be greatly lessened by allowing me to perform much of my own instrument repairs.
I have recently taken over this program and found out my predecessor has dealt with this by charging students an astronomical fee for instrument maintenance - however, charging sometimes upwards of $100 to families causes an unnecessary financial burden and limits music making only to those families who can afford it. I would like to make our program more inclusive to students by taking the financial burden off of the families.
The instrument repair manual will give me the resources I need to learn how to perform these tasks and the repair kit will give me the proper tools necessary to transform from band teacher to DIY repair queen.
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Currently, the band spends much of its funds on instrument repair and maintenance. By simply purchasing a repair kit and manual, these costs will be greatly lessened by allowing me to perform much of my own instrument repairs.
I have recently taken over this program and found out my predecessor has dealt with this by charging students an astronomical fee for instrument maintenance - however, charging sometimes upwards of $100 to families causes an unnecessary financial burden and limits music making only to those families who can afford it. I would like to make our program more inclusive to students by taking the financial burden off of the families.
The instrument repair manual will give me the resources I need to learn how to perform these tasks and the repair kit will give me the proper tools necessary to transform from band teacher to DIY repair queen.