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Students, teachers and music ambassadors urge board to expand music access across Hillsborough County schools
Summary
Students and music teachers from Kenneth E. Adam Magnet and other schools addressed the Hillsborough County School Board on March 11, calling for broader, equitable access to music education and describing the benefits of music programs for student engagement and social-emotional learning.
A group of students, music teachers and school leaders told the Hillsborough County School Board on March 11 that music programs foster student confidence, community and academic gains and asked the board for continued and expanded support for music education across the district.
Jonathan Casanas, a music teacher at Kenneth E. Adam K-8 Magnet School, introduced the Music Ambassadors Program and described the students' goal to "improve access to music educational programming for our students across the Tampa Bay area, and more specifically here in Hillsborough County Public Schools." He said the student ambassadors have begun outreach to nonprofits including the…
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