Two years later, it has come to light through an audit that the band director at Suncoast High School used school funds for six of his family members to go to Paris with his marching band. He put them on as staff members to cover the "gift." There was not enough money for the entire band to take the trip and kids had fund raisers to try and raise the money. The cost was $254,543 for the Paris trip; there were others. About one-half of the band could not go because the price tag was $2,650 each.
Now it is reported that the band director might get a 7 day suspension.
Why this ridiculous trip outside of the country in the first place?!? When I was in the LWH band, we raised funds to go to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. That was big time !And it was for an American tradition! I guess the band director got his wish to go to Paris.
ReplyDeleteSo, because the band director
ReplyDeletetook his family some kids
could not go...
THIS IS DISGRACEFUL!
I hope he enjoyed his
ill gotten gain.
MR. BAND DIRECTOR YOU ARE
NOW COVERED IN SHAME
and you cannot wash it off.