DC is in year 6 and there has been non stop drama in the lead up to them leaving mainly surrounding the parents which is affecting the kids.
new drama is the end of year production. Back story
this has been an annual thing for many years although it’s called the end of year production it I suppose has always been assumed as the year6 leavers production / play. It is a big production with a lot that goes in to it and lots is little parts and singing. To fill the stage they require 2 classes so it has aways been year 5 and 6 combined but for example last year the lead part was a year 6 and then the other main parts sort of shared between year 6 and most of year 5 ( our year at the time ) had the supporting roles or background singers and a couple had bigger roles.
there is auditions and every child has the chance to audition and every child has a part and is included.
it has kicked off because they announced the casting and the main parts apart from one were given to the current year 5 students and the supporting roles to our year 6 class.
this led to around 4 very upset year 6 parents who believed as it’s their end of leavers production ( not called that ) and their last chance that it should have been the main parts shared amongst the year 6 class and the supporting roles to year 5.
they sent a to school on behalf of the whole year 6 - which was not the case at all, about the injustice of it and after reading the letter it was very heavy handed about the head teacher and was also sent to the governors.
the school responded with a letter to all parents saying they work hard to put the production on using their own time and effort. Without the support of the parents it would not work and they are considering whether the production will now go ahead.
which side do you think is being reasonable ?