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Laconia music teachers and students present program growth, staffing and participation data
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District music staff and students detailed K–12 offerings, staffing levels, participation and recruitment data; board heard staffing gaps at the middle school and examples of student outcomes and community engagement.
The Laconia School Board heard a 40-minute presentation Tuesday from the district’s music staff and students outlining program offerings, staffing, student participation and recruitment efforts across grades K–12.
Quinn Montaros, fine arts department head and music director for Laconia High School, told the board the district has five full-time music staff members and described elementary, middle- and high-school programming, from weekly general music in elementary grades to symphonic band, mixed chorus and jazz band at the high school.
Montaros and elementary teachers said students in kindergarten through second grade use unpitched percussion and third…
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