POLICIES

TUITION FEES: Billing statements will be mailed out by the 10TH and are due in advance by the 25TH, for the following month. If you have not paid by the first of the month, you will be dropped from the attendance roster and you must call the school to be re-instated. There is a $10.00 reinstatement fee. Your tuition payment ensures that we will meet with your child only on his or her assigned date and time. Rescheduled lessons must be approved through the School Director, not with the instructor. If your regular instructor is unavailable, it may be necessary for us to provide a qualified substitute instructor. There is a $20.00 fee for returned checks.

MISSED CLASSES: PLEASE CALL THE SCHOOL. If you are unable to make your regularly scheduled lesson, a 24-hour notice must be given to the school in order to receive a make-up lesson. If you give 24-hours notice, you will have thirty (30) days in which to make up that lesson. The school has a 24-hour answering service to take any messages. If you do not give us 24-hours notice you are considered absent and will be charged for that lesson. Do not call the instructor, as the school makes billing and scheduling adjustments. We will try to schedule your make up lesson with your regular instructor, however, it may be necessary for us to provide a qualified substitute if your regular instructor is unavailable.

PAYMENT PROCEDURES: YOU MUST PAY YOUR BILL IN FULL EACH MONTH. There will be no refund or credits or tuition reduction for any missed lessons. Rescheduled lessons will be given only with a 24-Hour notice. There will be no refunds for students who discontinue lessons. Please direct any payment questions to the accounting personnel.

DROP POLICY: Should you decide to discontinue lessons at Lompoc School of Music, at least a 24 hour notice must be given to the school, not to the teacher, and preferably in writing. You will be charged if a notice of drop is not received 24 hours before a scheduled lesson. There are no refunds.

ATTENDANCE: Please be prompt. Tardiness will result in lost time for that lesson. Parental attendance is permitted. If parents do not attend, students should be picked up promptly after lessons are finished.

PRACTICE: DAILY PRACTICE IS ENCOURAGED!! Practice records should be filled out in the lesson assignment book each week. Beginning students would do well to practice in small amounts of time every day. Intermediate students should be practicing 30 - 45 minutes per day. Advanced students should be practicing one hour per day. (These are minimums.)

BOOKS: Students must bring all books in which they have current assignments to every lesson. An assignment book will be used to keep a record of all music to be practiced and a space is provided for daily practice record keeping.

LENDING LIBRARY: These are used supplemental books in which teachers of the School may loan out for additional practice material. Upon completion, they must be returned.

STUDENT VACATIONS: If you are planning a vacation we require two weeks advanced written notice. This will allow our instructors to adjust their schedules and you will not be billed for those lessons. We may not be able to reserve your lesson day and time.