Grace Notes ignored by Sticking

Grace notes are ignored by sticking input.
Drummers are use to seeing their grace notes with sticking.
It's traditional.
I am writing in bass clef and not percussion clef as I
don't need MIDI play back and don't like it for teaching as drum
students don't need the distraction of ledger lines for cymbals and HiHats.
There are simpler ways to notate for drums and the bass clef also gives me access to alternate noteheads.
Could clefs be the sticking issue??? thanks for the help.