We all know the economy has hit some places in the country harder than others. We are in a large blue collar area where many factories and business have shut their doors. Other parts of the country have seen a decline in unemployment but we are still seeing factories shut down. In fact it happened again today.
So my question - when a family has to pull their child from a program due to monetary reasons (they already had to do all the fundraisers just to participate to start off with) what is reasonable to expect them to still pay. At this point uniforms have already been ordered (1/2 paid upfront, 1/2 due when they come in). Choreography has already been completed and paid out to choreographers but TOMORROW was when the final installment was due for the kids. Tuition is due tomorrow as well, but obviously they wouldn't be expected to pay that since they are not going to be using the practice time.
Is is acceptable to expect them to pay for the rest of the uniform (when it comes in) and for the rest of choreography (since it has been completed) ? I don't want to be unreasonable but...
So my question - when a family has to pull their child from a program due to monetary reasons (they already had to do all the fundraisers just to participate to start off with) what is reasonable to expect them to still pay. At this point uniforms have already been ordered (1/2 paid upfront, 1/2 due when they come in). Choreography has already been completed and paid out to choreographers but TOMORROW was when the final installment was due for the kids. Tuition is due tomorrow as well, but obviously they wouldn't be expected to pay that since they are not going to be using the practice time.
Is is acceptable to expect them to pay for the rest of the uniform (when it comes in) and for the rest of choreography (since it has been completed) ? I don't want to be unreasonable but...