DDC follows KISD school calendar.

2020-2021 Dance year August 17th 2020 - May 23rd 2021

No Classes:
September 5th-7th 2020 (Labor Day)
November 23-29 (Thanksgiving Break)
December 21-January 3 (Christmas Break) Classes resume January 4th
March 15-21 (Spring Break)
April 2-4 (Easter Weekend)

Annual Dance Recital will be May 23rd

Summer session 2021 starts June 2nd and ends July 28th There will be NO CLASSES the week of June 28th-July 2nd. This week is not included in your summer payment. Summer payment is paid in full for the total 8 weeks

RELEASE, WAIVER, AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT I, the undersigned, acknowledge and affirm for myself, personally, and/or as the parent and/or legal guardian of the child and/or children that is, or may be less than, 18 years of age, (both (all) parties hereinafter referred to jointly as "We") acknowledge that there are risks of bodily injury, disability, paralysis and/or death from a child participating in any course of physical activity including, but not limited to, dance. We agree to assume and incur all the risks that may be encountered by my child in dance and any activities with District Dance Company and all related activities to the extent permitted under Texas law.
The novel coronavirus, Covid-19 has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. Covid-19 is extremely contagious and is believed to spread mainly from person-to-person contact. As a result, federal, state, and local governments and federal and state health agencies recommend social distancing.
District Dance Company has put in place preventative measures to reduce the spread of Covid-19; however, District Dance Company cannot guarantee that you or your child(ren) will not become infected with Covid-19.
By signing this agreement, I acknowledge the contagious nature of Covid-19 and voluntarily assume the risk that my child(ren) and I may be exposed to or infected by Covid-19 by attending District Dance Company and that such exposure or infection may result in personal injury, illness, permanent disability, and death. I understand that the risk of becoming exposed to or infected by Covid-19 may result from the actions, omissions, or negligence of myself and others, including, but not limited to, District Dance Company employees, participants and their families.
I voluntarily agree to assume all of the foregoing risks and accept sole responsibility for any injury to my child(ren) or myself (including, but not limited to, personal injury, disability, and death), illness, damage, loss, claim, liability, or expense, of any kind. On my behalf, and on the behalf of my children, I hereby release, covenant not to sue District Dance Company including all liabilities, claims, actions, damages, costs or expenses of any kind arising out of the relating thereto. I understand and agree that this release includes any Claims based on the actions, omissions, or negligence of District Dance Company and its employees whether a Covid-19 infection occurs before, during, or after participation in any dance class/program.

In consideration for District Dance Company permitting my child and me (the undersigned) to participate with District Dance Company, I agree to unconditionally and absolutely RELEASE, WAIVE, INDEMNIFY, HOLD HARMLESS AND DISCHARGE District Dance Company, its owners, partners, operators, officers, employees, agents, representatives, teachers, students, successors, assigns, and volunteers (“Released Parties”) from any and all responsibility owed to the undersigned, his/her child, legal representative, heirs and assigns (“Releasing Parties”) for any and all claims, expenses, damages, (including injury to person or death), actions, and causes of action of whatsoever kind or nature, whether caused by the negligence or gross negligence of the Released Parties, arising out of the undersigned and undersigned’s child and/or children’s participation with District Dance Company.

We also agree to indemnify the Released Parties against any and all claims, expenses, damages (including injury to person or death), actions, and causes of action including, but not limited to, attorney’s fees and litigation expenses, of whatsoever kind or nature, brought by and/or incurred by the undersigned and/or the undersigned’s child and/or children, whether caused by the negligence or gross negligence of the Released Parties arising out of the undersigned and undersigned’s child and/or children’s participation with District Dance Company. We represent that the child is in good physical and/or mental condition and that he/she has no impairments, ailments, disabilities or special circumstances to prevent them from undertaking any activity. We are not aware of any medical history, disorder, condition, illness, or any other problem regarding any physical and/or mental condition that we should seek consultation and/or examination of a licensed professional physician before engaging in any and all activities with District Dance Company. The undersigned hereby acknowledges that participation with District Dance Company can involve activities that might cause harm, personal injury or death. The undersigned assumes full responsibility for the risk of bodily injury and death, whether due to the negligence or gross negligence of the Released Parties or otherwise. The undersigned voluntarily accepts those risks. We understand that it is our sole and exclusive responsibility to purchase health and/or accident insurance and agree to be liable for and pay all costs and expenses incurred with any medical and/or hospital services rendered to the child and/or children as a result of any activities associated with District Dance Company. The undersigned acknowledges that this Release, Waiver and Indemnification Agreement is intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by law, and that if any portion of the Agreement is held to be invalid, it is agreed that the balance of the Agreement shall; notwithstanding, continue in full legal force and effect. The undersigned further acknowledges that he/she has carefully read the above Agreement and knows and understands its contents, knows and understands that by signing this Agreement, he/she voluntarily gives up substantial rights and assumes the risk of injury and/or death for the minor child and/or children and signs this Agreement as his/her own free act.

We hereby authorize District Dance Company, its representatives, successors and assigns and all persons acting with its permission to take, copyright, use and publish photographs and/or video of the undersigned dancer. We hereby release, discharge and agree to hold harmless District Dance Company and all persons acting with its permission or upon its authority from any liability for or arising out of taking, copyrighting, using and publishing photographs and/or video of the undersigned dancer.

NEW COVID-19 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Facility Protocol:
1. Sanitizing Stations
2. Touch-less Faucets in restrooms
3. Touch-less Soap Dispensers in restrooms
4. Touch-less Paper Towel Dispensers in restrooms
5. UV light sanitation of the studios and materials (silks, equipment)
6. Social Distancing in Classrooms
7. Extensive cleaning schedule before and after classes
8. Sanitization of barre's between classes
9. Classes will be let out at different times to limit exposure in the hallways
10. All employees will be screened for illness and trained in best hygiene practices to ensure health and safety measures are being met.

Protocol for Dancers
1. Each dancer will have their temperature taken before being admitted into the studio. Please take your child's temperature before arriving to the studio and write it at the top of your "Covid Questionnaire". Your questionnaire will be emailed to you prior to the first day of class.
2. Each dancer must bring their health questionnaire with them to the studio
3. Any dancer that has any symptoms or has been around anyone that has symptoms will not be admitted into the studio.
4. Dancers will remove their shoes prior to entering the studio. Please do not wear your dance shoes to the studio. We recommend flip-flops to make it easy to slip them off. They will need to put their shoes in the specific cubbie station that is marked for SHOES ONLY. Each dancer will then wash/sanitize their hands before walking into the classroom.
5. Each dancer MUST bring their own water bottle to the studio, as the drinking fountain will be CLOSED
6. No Food will be permitted into the studio unless your dancer has 3 or more hours of dance on the same day. They must wash their hands before and after having a snack.
7. Any dancer showing any symptoms of feeling unwell will be sent home.
8. All dancers will sanitize their hands between classes

Drop off / Pick-up Policy

1. All dancers must be dropped off and picked up if they are 5 and older. It is essential that we follow this procedure in order to limit the amount of people in the facility. At this time parents will not be able to come into the studio in order to maintain our health and safety guidelines. We will not be admitting any dancers that are more than 5 minutes late. Please arrive 10 minutes early so that your dancer has time to sanitize their hands and get into their classroom

2. Please line up with your dancer in front of the studio with your questionnaire. Once your child is cleared and accepted into the studio you may leave. Please be sure to have your best contact number with the studio in case we need to call you.

3. At pick-up time please line up outside of the studio. We will dismiss each class separately to be dismissed out the front door. Please be at least 5 minutes early to pick up your child.
-For security, parents are required to escort their child from the studio to the car. Children are not allowed to leave the studio without a parent.
-Please pick up your child promptly when class is over. There will be a $10 fee for children left more than 10 minutes after their class. Fees will continue to accumulate every 10 minutes until the child has been picked up.
-If your child has an absence you may check at the front desk to see if there is a make-up available. If classes are at full capacity, or there isn't an equivalent class available, then a make-up will not be able to be offered.
-All communication is sent by email. Please check for updates in the case of inclement weather or emergencies.
-DDC follows KISD calendar and will be closed for scheduled holidays and vacations.
-The DDC logo is private property and is not to be duplicated or used in any way for merchandise or for any other purpose.
-Submitting photos, articles, emails, or any other information on behalf of DDC is not allowed. Written permission is required to send any information to newspapers, magazines, or any other media source.

I UNDERSTAND and AGREE that:

-Online registration requires a bank account or credit card
-Tuition payments are withdrawn on the 1st of every month August-May using the payment method on file.
- An annual $50.00 registration fee per student/$75 per family is due at the time of registration. Registration fees are non-refundable.
-Returning dancers that paid a registration fee in 2019 will not pay a registration fee due to Covid-19 ending our season early. Please submit your registration and we will remove the registration fee after it is submitted.

If you drop a class after two weeks, a fee of $75 will be charged. There is no refund on the remainder of the tuition for that class. This helps to protect our limited spots that we have available. You are able to transfer to another class if you need to without penalty. There is a one-time courtesy transfer per year. You will be unable to transfer to a different class after the last day of October.
Fees will be due immediately for anyone registering late.
-Costume payments are due November 15th and are $85 per costume. These fees will be due immediately for anyone registering late. These fees are non-refundable. The costumes are property of DDC if a child drops prior to the recital.
-Recital fee of $75/individual or $100/family will be processed on January 15th.
-30 days written notice is required to drop a class. Refunds will not be given for tuition that is processed on the 1st of the month without proper notification.
-There will be no credit or refund given for classes which a dancer does not or cannot attend
-The tuition remains the same each month regardless of how many days or classes are in any particular month
-A late charge of $20 will be applied by the 5th day of the month. Late charges will continue to accumulate by $20 per week for every week that tuition is not paid. Children will not be permitted into class if tuition has not been paid by the second week of the month.
-Services will be discontinued for any account that reaches 30 days past due
-Camp fees are paid in advance and are non-refundable
-Summer tuition is paid in advance and is non-refundable
-District Dance Company is not responsible for cancelled classes due to weather, or any other unforeseen circumstance that is out of the studio's control (e.g illness or any government related shutdown)