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Student tells Farmington board scheduling forces choice between choir and band
Summary
A fifth-grade student told the Farmington Public School District board during public comment that recent scheduling changes require students to choose between choir and band and urged the board to preserve the option to participate in both programs.
Ingrid Alber, a fifth-grade student, told the Farmington Public School District board during public comment that recent scheduling changes force students to choose between choir and band and called the change "unfair."
Alber said the policy removes students’ ability to take both music classes and urged the board to restore the option so students who "love to sing, play an instrument, or both" can participate in both activities. "Students shouldn't have to choose, especially if both are for them," she said.
A board staff member read the district’s public-comment rules immediately before Alber spoke, saying speakers are limited to five minutes per issue and that only people identified on comment request cards will be recognized; the staff member also said the board will not engage in debate during the public-comment period. The provided transcript notes that three middle-school students had indicated they wanted to address the board, but only Alber’s remarks appear in the excerpt.
Alber told the board that the change affects current fifth graders and incoming sixth graders, saying sixth graders "can't do it either" under the new schedule. She urged the district to "keep the option to do both."
No formal action or response by the board is recorded in the provided transcript.
