hernandez wrote:
At my school (loara) they charge close to $2000 for the whole year and that takes care for everything from winterline,marching band,wind ensamble,and other various things
WOW!! your getting a deal
Im not sure if some of you pay attention to booster paperwork but just to let you know, the top bands (well known and traveled) expenses for a year are well over $100,000 per year. This is both semesters. so it breaks out this way
District money ZERO (They charge for transportation as well)
Fund Raiser (only about 35% participation in all fund raisers)
Out of pocket (the remainder of the costs.)
so do the math
divide the total number of participants by the(total costs-fund raisers) = cost per student.
Its best to take both of the semesters seperate. Because marching band most of em just do concert/jazz 2nd semester, which will be quite a bit less costs than drumline and guard.
I got this from asking around and visiting some band web sites that disclose all costs for parents and students.....