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Individual Student Accounts

Parents, students and teachers should remember that while individual records are being kept of student fund raising in order to insure that fund raising efforts are equitable among students, the individual music student account is not a checking account for the student to spend as they please. Student funds are the property of the school and not the student, and as such, are under the administration of school officials.

  1. Definitions:
    1. Individual Student Account: Money generated by or for an individual student to be used for approved music department expenditures.
    2. Approved Trips are the only approved music department expenditures
    3. Projects in Common: Fund raising projects conducted by the entire MCHS Music Department during a given period of time for the participation of all music students within the department.
    4. Student in Good Standing: A student that is a registered member of a major MCHS music organization with no outstanding fines against his/her account.

  2. Transfer of Funds Within the Department:
    1. A student transferring funds from one musical organization to another must be a member in good standing of the organization receiving the funds.
    2. Students may transfer funds on a trip year only. The transfer may not exceed the amount needed to complete the total funds required for the trip. Transfers are to be made on the final trip fund deadline.
    3. Students in good standing in both musical organizations may transfer 100% of all Projects in Common funds from one organization to another. Other student funds may be transferred at the rate of 75% of the total.
    4. A student in good standing in only one of the musical organization sinvolved may transfer ONLY Projects in Common funds at the rate of 75% of the total.
    5. Students may transfer their funds to another student only if that student is a sibling and a member of the same organization or will be a member of that organization the following school year.
    6. Students transferring from one MCPS school to another within the same musical organization may have their individual account transferred with them in total.
    7. Students may not transfer funds out the music department.
    8. The Individual Account of students who graduate or drop out of their musical organization will revert to the general fund of that organization.
    9. Records will be updated for students in good standing on June 30 of each year. REQUEST FOR TRANSFERS MUST BE MADE IN WRITING BY THAT DEADLINE.