Students, parents urge Frontier board to retain qualified orchestra teacher amid budget cuts

Several students, parents and alumni urged the Frontier Central School District Board of Education to reconsider plans that would eliminate or consolidate an orchestra teaching position, saying the change would reduce opportunities and expertise for string students across the district.

Julian Zajac, an eighth‑grade orchestra member, said the orchestra meets every morning and called for the board to “hire a well qualified string teacher from a high school orchestra position.” Madison Osborne, a high school music student, said reductions are already limiting opportunities: she cited that Frontier could not send any elementary orchestra students to an all‑county event this year because of teacher shortages. “It’s vital not just for high school to have a sufficient amount of music teachers but for all across the district that every student has the opportunity to be taught by educators…