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Niskayuna parents, students press board after symphonic orchestra reduced amid low string enrollments
Summary
At a Niskayuna Central School District Board of Education meeting, parents and students expressed concern after changes to the high school orchestra schedule removed a full symphonic orchestra this year; district officials said low student enrollment in strings drove the change and promised to explore hybrid options.
Parents and students told the Niskayuna Central School District Board of Education that cutting the school istrict's traditional symphonic orchestra harms student opportunities, college readiness and the district's long-standing music reputation.
Nancy Gordon, a parent with children who have participated in the district's music programs, told the board she had emailed the superintendent on Sept. 8 and had not received a reply, and urged the district to restore combined strings-and-winds orchestra opportunities. "All local high schools with quality music departments have a true symphony orchestra," Gordon said, adding that families "have supported…
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