Klarinet Archive - Posting 000752.txt from 2004/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@------.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Education (was: Adult learners)
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:13:37 -0500

At 07:20 AM 3/12/2004 -0800, Ormondtoby Montoya wrote:
>As nuts as this may be, one of our local schools spent $3 million last
>year to rebuild it's stage & auditorium and sound+light systems, and
>then this year, the school district was forced by budget cutbacks to
>cancel *ALL* music classes --- including even chorus, which doesn't need
>instruments --- for lack of funding.

The silly thing about school funding is that buildings are often paid for
out of a different pocket than salaries and operating expenses. The school
district where my wife teaches passed a millage and built additions (just
opened this year) onto several buildings, but they are looking at laying
off teachers for next year. And one of my school band director customers
told me the other day that her district is considering cancelling both
music AND art next year!

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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