Ridiculous
I wrote the following letter to Tony's chorale teacher. Tony didn't get home until nearly midnight last night. Evidently his teacher felt it was important that the chorale stay and see all the performances at the Folly last night... and, of course, the performances ran late. I wrote the letter to basically try and keep his plans on point, rather than these last minute changes that seem to be turning into the norm.
My name is Nick Spacek, and I'm Tony Woolery's father. While I appreciate your devotion to making sure that all the students in the chorale have as much exposure to music as possible, recent events have my wife and I upset.
The week's notice on the performance at LHS was a bit upsetting, but we understood the need to have a rehearsal in front of a friendly audience before they were in front of crowds at the Folly and the teacher's convention. We weren't all that happy about having to change our Sunday night plans around at the last minute, but we understood.
However, we can't help but wonder what's going to happen when the kids go to Wichita after hearing about last night. Tony told us that the reason he didn't get back to our house until 11:45, long after we'd gone to bed. The reason he gave us was because you had decided that the students needed to see the rest of the performers, and the final performers ran late.
That's a fine idea, but when you tell us our child's going to be home at a certain time, and they return nearly two hours later, that's ridiculous, especially when they have school the next day. I would really prefer that any sort of schedule that you set is adhered to in the future. While my wife and I want to do as much as we can to enrich our child's life, last-minute rescheduling doesn't fall under that category.
My name is Nick Spacek, and I'm Tony Woolery's father. While I appreciate your devotion to making sure that all the students in the chorale have as much exposure to music as possible, recent events have my wife and I upset.
The week's notice on the performance at LHS was a bit upsetting, but we understood the need to have a rehearsal in front of a friendly audience before they were in front of crowds at the Folly and the teacher's convention. We weren't all that happy about having to change our Sunday night plans around at the last minute, but we understood.
However, we can't help but wonder what's going to happen when the kids go to Wichita after hearing about last night. Tony told us that the reason he didn't get back to our house until 11:45, long after we'd gone to bed. The reason he gave us was because you had decided that the students needed to see the rest of the performers, and the final performers ran late.
That's a fine idea, but when you tell us our child's going to be home at a certain time, and they return nearly two hours later, that's ridiculous, especially when they have school the next day. I would really prefer that any sort of schedule that you set is adhered to in the future. While my wife and I want to do as much as we can to enrich our child's life, last-minute rescheduling doesn't fall under that category.