Here is a link to the article if you would like to learn more about the decision:
http://www.klkntv.com/story/27656886/lincoln-east-band-not-allowed-to-memorialize-student
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December 19, 2014
I have been staring at my inbox all morning waiting for anything from the district office but it is just dead air which honestly feels like a purposeful choice at this point. Dealing with the bureaucracy is exhausting and makes me want to scream because these kids just want to play music for their friend but we are not giving up yet.
Reached 100 supporters
December 19, 2014
37 Comments
How dare the administration say that parents don't want to pay tribute to the life of a student who gave so much to the Lincoln East band. I know, as well as any other East student or faculty member, that all members of the east community, student or parent, were devastated by the news of Tony's death, none more so than the band. This isn't LPS's role in paying tribute to Tony's life, this is the band paying tribute to one who touched their lives so deeply. If the same genius who brought us the "purple penguin" policy is in charge of not understanding the difference between an LPS ordered tribute and students writing a beautiful piece to honor the life of one of their colleagues, I pray for the future of LPS.
If the kids feel the need to do this, dont syand in their way. They need to heal, and if performing a song helps them cope with their loss, and express their feelings, then by all means let them.
Maybe LPS is right but to be honest it proves the stone cold hearts LPS has. The band wants to honor Tony and being a band member music is the way we sleep, breathe, eat, and live you taking away that right to grieve through ONE song would've gave A LOT of us CLOSURE to FINALLY move on. I'm in favor of this due to the fact LPS has taken away that right.
Tony Kirkpatrick was a band student. He loved music, he loved feeling, he loved to make others feel. How can you deny us the right to express our feelings about Tony, simply because you're afraid that other schools will want to memoralize their dead students? I say let us memoralize! No father should have to bury a child, no student should have to bury a friend. Let us bring closure to this, in a way that agrees with everything Tony stood for. We heart Tony, and we will fight for him.
I am a student and I participate in the Lincoln East Band and have been involved since 5th grade. I also knew Tony since kindergarten. I was so disappointed that we couldn't play the song and have the student decorated luminaries at our concert.
Everyone that passes deserves to have a memorial.
a beautiful way to grieve and to honor someone
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Here is a link to the article if you would like to learn more about the decision:
http://www.klkntv.com/story/27656886/lincoln-east-band-not-allowed-to-memorialize-student
Updates
December 19, 2014
I have been staring at my inbox all morning waiting for anything from the district office but it is just dead air which honestly feels like a purposeful choice at this point. Dealing with the bureaucracy is exhausting and makes me want to scream because these kids just want to play music for their friend but we are not giving up yet.
Reached 100 supporters
December 19, 2014
37 Comments
This is a wonderful way to allow the students to honor is passing. Band is a very close knit family and though the entire school is grieving the band is going to feel the pain that much more. Let them play!
How dare the administration say that parents don't want to pay tribute to the life of a student who gave so much to the Lincoln East band. I know, as well as any other East student or faculty member, that all members of the east community, student or parent, were devastated by the news of Tony's death, none more so than the band. This isn't LPS's role in paying tribute to Tony's life, this is the band paying tribute to one who touched their lives so deeply. If the same genius who brought us the "purple penguin" policy is in charge of not understanding the difference between an LPS ordered tribute and students writing a beautiful piece to honor the life of one of their colleagues, I pray for the future of LPS.
If the kids feel the need to do this, dont syand in their way. They need to heal, and if performing a song helps them cope with their loss, and express their feelings, then by all means let them.
Maybe LPS is right but to be honest it proves the stone cold hearts LPS has. The band wants to honor Tony and being a band member music is the way we sleep, breathe, eat, and live you taking away that right to grieve through ONE song would've gave A LOT of us CLOSURE to FINALLY move on. I'm in favor of this due to the fact LPS has taken away that right.
Tony Kirkpatrick was a band student. He loved music, he loved feeling, he loved to make others feel. How can you deny us the right to express our feelings about Tony, simply because you're afraid that other schools will want to memoralize their dead students? I say let us memoralize! No father should have to bury a child, no student should have to bury a friend. Let us bring closure to this, in a way that agrees with everything Tony stood for. We heart Tony, and we will fight for him.
I am a student and I participate in the Lincoln East Band and have been involved since 5th grade. I also knew Tony since kindergarten. I was so disappointed that we couldn't play the song and have the student decorated luminaries at our concert.
Everyone that passes deserves to have a memorial.
a beautiful way to grieve and to honor someone
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This is a wonderful way to allow the students to honor is passing. Band is a very close knit family and though the entire school is grieving the band is going to feel the pain that much more. Let them play!