Since a student contracts the teacher’s time when he enrolls, he is expected to be present and prepared for all lessons. Forgetfulness, lack of preparation or conflicting extra-curricular activities are not considered valid excuses for missed lessons. Lessons missed due to illness will be considered made up with the floater lesson. If you anticipate being away, you may switch times with another student, keeping the following in mind:
Exchanges must be done parent to parent. I do not arrange changes for students, and students are never to arrange them for themselves. Private 45-minute students can exchange with private 60-minute students and vice versa if each party is willing.
The parent who requested the exchange is responsible to email or call me within 24 hours to let me know what has been worked out. If two families show up for the same lesson time because the exchange was not confirmed properly, priority will go to the normally scheduled student with no refund or rescheduling for the other student.
Exchanges are not obligatory. If someone says no to an exchange request, please respect that. If someone exchanges with you, be kind and return the favor when possible.
Parents are requested to respect the privacy of other families by using the information on the exchange list for music lesson purposes only.
Should a student decide to quit lessons before the term has ended, he may be charged for the remainder of the term until a replacement can be found.
