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Parents urge separate beginner and advanced band classes amid long bus rides and mixed skill levels
Summary
Several Bloomfield-area parents told the Nelson County Board of Education that middle-school band students are losing meaningful instruction time and face inequitable learning conditions when they are bused between schools and taught in mixed-skill classes.
Several Bloomfield-area parents told the Nelson County Board of Education that middle-school band students are losing meaningful instruction time and face inequitable learning conditions when they are bused between schools and taught in mixed-skill classes.
At the Oct. meeting, Sarah Thornton, identifying herself as a Bloomfield Middle School band parent, described long round-trip bus schedules that left students with “15 minutes of lessons” for some periods. Thornton said the practice of sending middle-school students to high-school band rooms and combining beginners with advanced students has driven some children to quit and has “caused massive confusion” for families.
Parents and other speakers said the current…
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