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Mifflin County board discusses cutting elementary music post, parents and teachers push back
Summary
Board and administrators presented a plan to reduce middle‑school music instructional time and eliminate an elementary music position by attrition; parents, teachers and community members urged the board to retain staff, citing enrollment data and student supports.
The Mifflin County School District board discussed a plan that would reduce sixth‑grade music instruction at Mifflin County Middle School from 90 days to 45 days and eliminate an elementary music position through attrition.
Board member Michael DeRoz (spoke during the agenda update) said the administration’s proposal would keep grade‑6 music at the middle school but shorten the time students spend in that course and reassign staff so the district would provide 2.5 middle‑school music teacher positions rather than the current three. “Still remains our intention to eliminate an elementary music position through attrition and move forward with the plan that was discussed at our last meeting on June 10,” DeRoz said.
DeRoz gave enrollment figures to frame the proposal: 373…
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