This from the Pioneer News:Elementary band programs hitting low notes
Many of Bullitt county’s public elementary schools are having to face some tough music next year.
Several schools are deciding not to offer beginning band as state accountability testing standards change and growing elementary schools are faced with tough scheduling decisions...
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This is one of the changes that I fear may start happening to schools throughout Kentucky. As a future music teacher, I am well aware that there is a limited amount of music positions open in the public schools, and I am afraid that those numbers are dropping. It is important that a child has the option of being creative and expressing their emotions through music. It could be used as a reliever and many children could use the opportunity to explore new ways to learn. Music is just as important as the other primary subjects.
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