And there goes summer! I can't believe we're already at the beginning of the new school year!
As we enter August, and the start of school, I will be setting up a recurring lesson schedule over the next few weeks. I will be helping with band camps at several schools, will make visits to other campuses as I am able, and will spend time visiting with students about lessons and figuring out the various schedules and how I can work around them. I'm really looking forward to teaching lessons on person, but it also means I have to plan my commute time between schools. I haven't had to do that for a while!
So, due to that, we are once again going to bill for August lessons at the end of the month. You can expect to hear form me to set up a lesson time, and then again to tweak my schedule as it fills in and I have to make adjustments. Hopefully we will have everything set by the first of September, and then we can return to billing in advance like normal. So, as I have mentioned before, at the end of August you will receive the bill for August lessons and September lessons at the same time or near the same time. I think right now we are planning on separate invoices for each of those.
I know that I am going to have a very full lesson schedule this fall, but I am planning on leaving a little wiggle-room for make-up lessons due to the usual interruptions. Hopefully I can do that and avoid having a waiting list. I will make it a priority to make sure all of my existing students have a spot, of course! But, going back to make-up lessons, while the expectation this year is that all lessons will be in person, we can still have a remote lesson as a make-up if that is the only option available, and we agree to it. When that comes up, I will be in touch for certain.
For new students starting lessons this summer, shere are a couple of my previous posts with important and helpful information about lessons:
https://www.hudsonmusicstudio.com/2020/10/welcome-new-flute-students.html
https://www.hudsonmusicstudio.com/2020/04/how-to-pay-for-lessons-in-remote.html
I can't wait to see all of you face-to-face soon!
