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Parents, students urge board to preserve performing arts as district raises extracurricular fees
Summary
Multiple parents, students and alumni criticized proposed cuts to performing arts staff and the introduction of extracurricular activity fees. Board and superintendent explained district budget pressures and said fee policy includes a $300 per-student cap and a $600 family cap; financial aid and waivers will be available.
At least a dozen parents, students and alumni used the board's public-comment period to urge the district to preserve performing-arts staffing and oppose a plan that would reduce a dance teacher's hours and add fees for extracurricular activities.
Speakers described the performing arts academy and extracurricular arts offerings as essential to student well-being, college recruitment and inclusivity for students who are not engaged by athletics. Several students described how the dance teacher (identified in multiple comments as miss Cook) has been a mentor across grade levels and how middle-school access to dance feeds the high-school program.
Parents and community advocates raised several related…
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