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Parents, students and teachers urge Farmington board to keep 5th-grade band and protect music program
Summary
Dozens of parents, students and music advocates urged the Farmington School Board to rescind a recommendation to eliminate fifth-grade band and to preserve the district’s music offerings, citing social and academic benefits and presenting a consultant report due to the board.
Dozens of parents, students and teachers urged the Farmington School Board to preserve the district’s fifth-grade band program and to rescind any recommendation that would eliminate grade-5 beginner band. Speakers said early-start music instruction builds social connection, leadership, academic skills and long-term program pipeline, and they presented data and a district-commissioned consultant summary to the board.
In public comments the speakers included elementary and secondary teachers, parents and current high-school students who credited early band with social-emotional benefits and long-term engagement in school. Crystal Ludgate, a 20-year Farmington resident and parent, described music as “one of the deepest ways we…
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