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Oyster River highlights expanded strings program after budget-funded hire
Summary
District music staff told the school board that adding a second strings teacher this year has created more ensemble, elective and outreach opportunities for students, including two high-school orchestra sections and new collaborative classes.
Andrea, a high-school strings teacher, told the Oyster River Cooperative School District board that the addition of a second strings teacher funded in this year’s budget has expanded student opportunities across grade levels.
The change allowed the district to create a high-school select chamber orchestra that performed at the start of the board meeting and to run two sections of high-school orchestra, a middle-school chamber group, new electives and co-teaching in grades 5–8, Andrea said. Carrie Young was identified in the presentation as the new staff member responsible for grades 5–7 and for co-directing the…
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