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Students and teachers urge board to reconsider cuts to Spanish and arts programs; administration directed to respond
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the May 20 Wilson County Board of Education meeting urged the board to reconsider teacher reductions that affect Spanish language instruction and arts programs. The board directed administration to prepare responses to the speakers and to share those responses with the board.
Several students, alumni and teachers addressed the Wilson County Board of Education on May 20 to urge the district to preserve Spanish instruction and school arts programs amid recent staffing reductions.
Speakers included students from Fike High School and alumni and current teachers who described how cuts have reduced Spanish course availability and threatened arts offerings that they said support student engagement and opportunity. Dance teacher Amanda Bennett and alumni Taylor Whitson described arts programming as essential to student engagement and opportunity. A student, Emily Hanchett, told the board that budget-driven teacher reductions have already eliminated Spanish teachers at her…
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