Production and Provision

Two weeks to production. I knew I was going to be stressed and tired during this time, but there is just so much to be done! I'm so tired at the end of the day and I still have work to do.

At school they are talking about this thing called 'provision' that they want all the schools in the area to do. The rationale behind it is that schools with small class sizes have their classes combined and students go to the other school to take it. What I am worried about is my small VCE music classes being taken over to another high school and I lose my students. These students that I have in year 9 I am gearing up to take VCE classes. One of my most enthuastic students is considering doing music at uni rather than nursing or something medical. If they take him to another school then I miss out on the chance to guide him through music. It makes me sad. And it makes me think that I don't want to keep teaching if this happens to my classes. What good is a specialist teacher without their specialist class? Their is an information session that everyone is going to, that I can't make because we have production rehearsals. I'm worried.

The light at the end of the production tunnel is in sight. The band played through the whole of act 1 today, which is a huge achievement in itself. We tackle act 2 tomorrow.