November 2005

New Washington Middle/ High School Band Booster Meeting

Minutes from November 7, 2005
By Lisa Hughes, Secretary

There were ten people in attendance.
The minutes were read and the treasurer’s report was given.
The jackets will be in in time for the winter concert.
The pep band will take part in the snake dance on Tuesday Nov. 15th. The first game they perform at is on Saturday.
The winter concert is Wednesday December 7th.
We received a grant we applied for from the Bales Foundation. The Bales Foundation graciously made a thousand dollar donation towards the start-up of the newly formed winter guard. A thank you note will be sent to them along with our Tax ID number. We will also submit a thank you note to them to be printed in the Leader.
A holiday party for the band members is in the works. The students are organizing most of it. The location of the party has not yet been determined.
It was brought up that some of the bus drivers are not allowing students to bring their musical instruments on the bus. The reason being sited as the buses are too crowded and it’s a safety issue. As you can imagine, this is a problem for students, parents, and teachers. This problem has been taken up with the administration at our school as well as the school superintendent. The bus drivers seem to have the final say over this matter for the moment as they are independent contractors and own the busses themselves. One person said that New Washington is the only school in the Greater Clark school system that doesn’t own their own busses. A suggestion was made that Greater Clark buy the busses and hire their own drivers. Our next step is to go to the Director of Transportation, Milt Clayton, in hopes that this issue can be resolved. Perhaps some people would be interested in sending a letter to the editor of the local newspaper regarding this subject. There is a link on the advocacy page for a letter to the editor of the Leader.

The next meeting is set for Monday December 5th at 7pm.
The meeting was adjourned.