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Board reviews music curriculum renewal; student speaker urges schedule changes for ensemble students
Summary
The Averill Park Central School District board heard a presentation on a district music curriculum renewal that would realign elementary staffing and vertically align band and choral instruction, while a student speaker urged the board to fix recurring schedule conflicts that force music students to drop academic courses.
The Averill Park Central School District board heard a presentation on the district’s music curriculum renewal and proposed elementary staffing changes, and received a public comment urging action on recurring schedule conflicts that affect students enrolled in multiple music classes.
The district’s music team — led in presentation by Lauren Rozinski (middle school band director and teacher leader for music) with Betsy Baker (elementary representative), Sabrina Mana (middle school choral), and Leslie Elashuk (high school choral teacher) — outlined a multi‑year plan to align instruction across grade levels, revise rehearsal expectations and shift some elementary staffing from building‑based full‑time roles to content‑specialized positions that travel between schools.
The team said the current elementary model has three full‑time positions (one assigned to each elementary building) who each teach general music, grade‑level band/orchestra, chorus and instrumental lessons. To…
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