We are not in Round Rock but stumbled upon this issue while researching how to solve a color guard problem in another Texas school district.
Scenario:
7th grade student moves to a new district in Texas and joins color guard at the middle school level while also playing clarinet in 7th grade band. No issues arise for 2 years (7th and 8th grade) and the student thrives both in honors band 2nd chair clarinet and also as an intern on the color guard team at the district high school in the 8th grade year. Comes time to select high school electives and the student is told s/he must pick marching band or color guard,and after a great deal of discussion and soul searching s/he picks color guard. Tries out for the high school marching color guard team and is selected. The high school band director tells the student it is in their best interest to stay clarinet in the marching band and tells the student s/he cannot be on the marching color guard team. The parents fully support the student and make repeated attempts to work thru the issue with the band director. The band director continues to refuse the students participation in marching color guard. The parents file an appeal up thru to the School District and are strung along for months with "... we need to talk with (so and so) ..." Marching camps start in 5 days and students are strongly encouraged to attend camp. Student is academically gifted,no disciplinary issues, and talented in color guard.
What is being missed here? This band director is targeting this child!
Can anyone offer any advice?
