Parents and administrators seek fixes as Lyman Hall music enrollment falls sharply

Jennifer Lanzoni, president of the Lyman Hall Music Parents Association, told the Wallingford Board of Education on Monday that her son missed a music theory course he had been advised to take and that the district should “determine what that root cause really is so we can find a solution.” Lanzoni said Lyman Hall has had multiple band directors in recent years and low enrollment has prevented some catalog courses from running. Assistant Superintendent Latour described the district’s scheduling process: students enter primary and alternate requests in PowerSchool in January, counselors verify requests, and high-school administrators evaluate courses based on full-time-equivalent (FTE) staffing and primary-request counts. Latour…