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Residents, educators urge trustees to preserve Outdoor School, music and bargaining agreement funding
Summary
During public comment nine speakers asked trustees to avoid cuts to Outdoor School, music and athletics and to fully fund the recently ratified bargaining agreement; several urged the board to ask county commissioners for more funding rather than make deep program cuts.
Nine community speakers used the board's public comment period to press trustees to protect programs and staff as the FY27 budget is finalized.
Laurie Schwartz Reichel, a parent and music educator, urged the board to preserve elementary instrumental music and write the budget to protect programs that build student confidence. "Music meets students where they are," she said, asking trustees not to eliminate music programs for…
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