Instrument Repair Process
TPS is tightening up processes for doing many different things within the district and nowhere is this more evident than when it comes to requesting district money for ANY purpose.
Beginning Monday, September 14th, 2015, in order for any repair approval to be given, a form must be completed and submitted for each instrument that goes to the shop for repairs of any kind.
This form can be printed, filled out, and scanned/emailed to Joe Metzer using the Ricoh copy systems at our schools.
This is necessary and the easiest way for Joe to be sure that everything that CAN be done IS being done to protect the integrity of the TPS inventory.
Joe’s email is
The necessary form, entitled “Instrument Repair Form” is included in this center section of the webpage and is directly below this entry.
Monthly Instrument Security Checks
Another step being taken to ensure that TPS inventory is kept intact is that music teachers and band/orchestra directors are now being instructed to make a monthly check of the inventory not being currently used or checked out to students in a band or orchestra program. If a school’s surplus inventory cannot be kept in a locked cabinet, locked storage closet, or locked room, a quick monthly check (not a full inventory) should be made to be sure it is still where it should be. This check will mainly involve schools with band and/or orchestra instruments.
Campus police will make every effort to retrieve instruments and stop the perpetrator(s) when instruments go missing. Cameras throughout the campuses take thousands of hours of video, and a monthly check would narrow down the time frame for police to review film when something does “go missing”. Everyone hates it when something disappears on our watch, and making a quick monthly check is definitely worth it.