Perhaps someday PAS can employ what the Philly public schools I went to as a child twenty years ago did, have two to three rooms desginated as music practice rooms and have the kids sign up in 30-45 minute increments to practice? Just a thought, probably not workable because there isn't even three small rooms available at any given time for such a program of practice?

The more I think about it, the more I feel badly for the music students because I personaly think practicing in group won't really help them improve. Again, this is from my own experience as a trained musician (19 years of private lessons and a short career in the classical music competition arena). Who knows, maybe I am totally out of touch (no sarcasm intended here) and the students practice together even in private school?