ecmoRandomNumbers: I had this exact same problem with a student and his tenor sax a few years ago. The bus driver said there wasn't enough room. My principal was a great arts supporter and she called transportation and told them, "There's room on that bus. Find it!" That was the end of it.

These are stupid situations that shouldn't escalate to this level.

I played tenor in middle and high school. It was easy to carry on the bus, provided I didn't mind being a little squished in my seat.

That's not a sax...

THIS is a sax.

The saxophone case measures 31 inches by 12 inches

Wow, twelve inches.

"DiMarzio said the school district has refunded the $225she paid for her son to ride the bus. "

Solution is right there. Buy a second sax to keep in your locker.

/this one time, at band camp........

does he ride the short bus?

JackalRabbit: "DiMarzio said the school district has refunded the $225she paid for her son to ride the bus. "

Solution is right there. Buy a second sax to keep in your locker.

/this one time, at band camp........

That looks like the fee for the bus not the sax

So this one time, at band camp...

ghare: JackalRabbit: "DiMarzio said the school district has refunded the $225she paid for her son to ride the bus. "

Solution is right there. Buy a second sax to keep in your locker.

/this one time, at band camp........

That looks like the fee for the bus not the sax

right 225 for a spare sax, and he gets to walk uphill both ways in the snow rain and tornados to school.

Bleeding Gums Murphy: You know, you play pretty well for someone with no real problems.
Lisa: Yeah, well I don't feel any better.
Bleeding Gums Murphy: The blues isn't about making yourself feel better, it's about making other people feel worse. And makin' a few bucks while you're at it.

Genta: ghare: JackalRabbit: "DiMarzio said the school district has refunded the $225she paid for her son to ride the bus. "

Solution is right there. Buy a second sax to keep in your locker.

/this one time, at band camp........

That looks like the fee for the bus not the sax

right 225 for a spare sax, and he gets to walk uphill both ways in the snow rain and tornados to school.

I'm afraid of what a $225 sax would sound like.

What up with all these lame pun headlines.

Is fark trying to get as boring as prime time TV ?

Carried a baritone sax on the bus with me, off and on, for several years in high school. Even if the case couldn't fit beneath the seat, I could sit with it upright between my legs while sitting normally and the capacity of the bus was not reduced. A tenor should not be a problem. Bus driver is full of shiat.

He should try the soprano sax.

"The school district always has to put the safety of the students first," Superintendent Forbes said.

That would be a great quote for a bus seat belt legislation campaign.

I played the tuba in middle school. Kept a tuba at home for practice and another at the school.

/Also never got laid.

TheAnswerIs42: Bus driver is full of shiat.

Yup. Kids always brought their instruments on the bus when I was that age.

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He should try the soprano sax.

Respectfully sir, you do not want to be around an elementary school kid learning to play the soprano sax. Bagpipes would sound better at that age.

"The school district always has to put the safety of the students first," Superintendent Forbes said.

Great. Then you won't mind adding another bus route or two, since the ones you have are obviously overcrowded.

Common problem. Get a beater sax for your school locker and keep a good one at home. A kid who was seriously considering quitting the instrument over this will not require a $2000+ saxophone in the near future.

/schlep my baritone sax all over the subway and the world.

Earpj: smedrick: I played the tuba in middle school. Kept a tuba at home for practice and another at the school.

/Also never got laid.

My 7th grader plays tuba. It stays at school. I'm not buying a tuba.

/He is also on the math team.
//However, he also runs cross country and his team just won the city meet.
///He also plays soccer and his team is about to win 1st in the city, again.
////Do the sports cancel out the nerd things? The girls seem to like him.

I guess I was lucky. My school loaned me the second tuba...probably because they had three tubas and only one tuba player.

I was also on the math team, and the computer club. Your son is a renaissance nerd and deserves mad props for breaking the nerd barrier. I hope he finds himself a hot, young teacher scandal.

Hector Remarkable: The saxophone case measures 31 inches by 12 inches

Wow, twelve inches.

Well there's the problem. It's only two-dimensional. It probably slices through the bus every time he sets it down.

TheAnswerIs42: Carried a baritone sax on the bus with me, off and on, for several years in high school. Even if the case couldn't fit beneath the seat, I could sit with it upright between my legs while sitting normally and the capacity of the bus was not reduced. A tenor should not be a problem. Bus driver is full of shiat.

Same here, I sat all the way in the back of the bus and left the bari in the aisle. Nobody ever complained. Well, except me who had to lug that thing around. Then one day I realized that I could practice at home on my alto and play the baritone at school so I did that instead. Too bad for me that it took me until my senior year to figure it out.

Came here to make a contrabass saxophone joke.I see that's been taken care of.



I'll just leave this here anyway.

bahknee: Genta: ghare: JackalRabbit: "DiMarzio said the school district has refunded the $225she paid for her son to ride the bus. "

Solution is right there. Buy a second sax to keep in your locker.

/this one time, at band camp........

That looks like the fee for the bus not the sax

right 225 for a spare sax, and he gets to walk uphill both ways in the snow rain and tornados to school.

I'm afraid of what a $225 sax would sound like.

I got one for $225 off craigslist, it certainly wasn't perfect. But it was a working sax.

JackalRabbit: "DiMarzio said the school district has refunded the $225she paid for her son to ride the bus. "

Solution is right there. Buy a second sax to keep in your locker.

/this one time, at band camp........

You're not getting much sax for $225. Maybe a real good mouthpiece.

/sells band horns

Fiance is a bari sax player, so I'm getting a kick. . .

I was a bit surprised to see it was just a tenor. The bari can get a bit difficult to transport (we can't take our two seater MR2 if I'm going to to the show), but the tenor should be easy. If kids can get duffle bags full of gym equipment on to the bus, then the sax should be able to go too.

/fiance also wants a full set of saxes, from subcontrabass to sopranino (not sure on the spelling on either of those)