CHRISTINE LUCAS STUDIO POLICY

Last Updated Jan. 2025

  1. The studio operates year-round on a month to month basis. Summer enrollment is a requirement to hold your place in the studio for the fall.
  2. Tuition Rates:
    • ½ hour weekly lessons ---------------- $32.00/ lesson
    • ¾ hour weekly lessons ---------------- $48.00/ lesson
    • 1 hour weekly lessons ---------------- $64.00/ lesson
  3. Payment methods: Payment can be made via cash, check, Venmo (Christine-Lucas-805), or Zelle (412-974-5584).
  4. If you need to cancel a lesson for any reason, you may do so through the mymusicstaff Parent or Student Portal. Lessons canceled up to one hour before the lesson start time will receive a make-up credit. Lessons canceled with less than an hour's notice will not receive a make-up credit. You may carry up to three make-up credits simultaneously. Make-up credits expire after 90 days. Canceled lessons will not pro-rate the next month's tuition. Your monthly tuition secures your weekly lesson day and time. I am charged rent based on the hours of teaching time that I have booked at PYCO, regardless of whether I teach the lesson or not.
  5. If I cancel a lesson, I reserve the right to credit the student (as I'm likely canceling my entire teaching day, which would generate a lot of makeups). However, if you request that I give a makeup credit even though I canceled, I'm happy to do so.0
  6. Makeup lesson times can be found on the mymusicstaff calendar. If another student has canceled, you can take their time slot by reserving through the mymusicstaff portal. Additionally, I try to offer some Friday afternoon times each week. A few times a year, there are dedicated makeup weeks when all regular lessons are canceled and students have a wide range of days and times to choose for a makeup.
  7. Dedicated makeup times are booked in 15-minute increments. When scheduling makeups, be sure to book enough back-to-back times to cover your regular lesson time.
  8. While I do my best to help students to juggle their schedules, it is in everyone’s best interest to make as few changes to the schedule as possible.
  9. Studio families will receive an emailed invoice for the upcoming month via the mymusicstaff app, typically 3 days before the start of the next month. Tuition must be paid in advance before the 5th of each month. Late payment of over one month will result in a late charge equaling the amount of rent ($10.00/hr) that I will have paid PYCO for your student’s time.
  10. In order to allow for a more flexible summer schedule, in May I will inform studio families of a minimum number of lessons which must be taken (or at least paid) in order to hold your spot in the studio for the fall. That number is equal to ⅔ of the number of weeks I’ve made available for lessons in the months of June and August. For 2025, I will teach for 9 weeks during those months. Students must pay for a minimum of 6 lessons for those months, with the option to take up to all 9 lessons made available to them. The minimum summer tuition for 2025 is:
    • ½ hour weekly lessons ---------------- $192.00
    • ¾ hour weekly lessons ---------------- $288.00
    • 1 hour weekly lessons ---------------- $384.00
    If you decide to take a break for the summer without payment, your time slot will be given to another student. Since many new students start lessons in the summer, I cannot block a time slot and not use it for several months waiting for a student to come back in the fall. It is also unfair to the new student that took your spot, to be dismissed when you return in the fall. If you will be away in the summer for several weeks or months, please call me to discuss options to retain your student status. Many parents double up lessons before and/or after they leave, or just pay for the minimum number of summer lessons and make up what they can.
  11. If you decide to discontinue lessons, I will refund any tuition intended for future lessons. I will not refund makeup lesson credits. Any outstanding tuition balance will be due at the time of the last lesson.

You will be asked to sign a copy of this policy for my records at your first lesson.

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