Tust me, you're preaching to the choir. Band directors don't make the decisions to create new positions.

We finally convinced our campus to add a position. They put it at the lowest rung para. It's better than the boosters paying the guard director, but still not great.

I would love to have a full-time teacher for colorguard. My admin won't create a position unless I can demonstrate the need. That person would need to teach 7 classes daily (of 8 periods). Even if we tripled the size our guard it would only be a couple of class periods. I'm working on a combined position that would teach a few periods of guard and a few periods of intro to dance classes, but the dance teacher would want that person to assist with the dance team in the fall. Of course that happens at the same time as marching band. I tried a position that would also teach middle school colorguard, but that requires adding a position, adding a course that doesn't exist, finding space for them to teach it, coordinating master schedules across campuses, and now two principals who both want control over that person's schedule.

Realistically it would be more likely that I could hire a qualified band director with some dance background who could manage colorguard. Or even an academic teacher with some dance background who wants the extra stipend.