Letters to the editor   Curriculum, extracurricular: drawing the
line Editor: I would like to express my concerns about the
budget cuts that have affected my junior year, and now my senior
year. I find it very disconcerting that every member of the
Wooster High School marching band must pay $100 to participate
in this class offered by Wooster High School. Webster's
Dictionary defines extracurricular as, "relating to officially
or semi-officially approved organized student activities
connected with school carrying no academic credit." The
dictionary defines curriculum as, " the courses offered by an
educational institution." According to these definitions, band
is curricular, not extracurricular, due to the fact that it is a
class " offered by an educational institution " and students
receive a class credit. It is ludicrous to charge the band
members $100 to participate in this class, which I previously
established as an academic course. In addition to the $100 class
fee, band members must pay for uniform clea