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Students and choir leaders tell Colton Joint Unified board ‘we are teens, not teachers’ as they press for a new choir teacher
Summary
Students from Grand Terrace and Washington Alternative urged the Colton Joint Unified Board to fill a vacant choir teacher post, citing a broken piano, locked music library and months without administrative support that have left students leading classes and unable to access program funds.
Students from Grand Terrace and Washington Alternative told the Colton Joint Unified School District board on Nov. 18 that their choir programs are struggling without a teacher and with broken equipment.
"When we told administration about this, they told us they'd get it fixed as soon as possible. Now, it's a month and 10 days later and we still have not gotten an update," said Falen Ponce, who identified themself as choir treasurer at Grand Terrace High School, describing a piano that failed two days after their teacher left and ongoing lack of access to the program's music library…
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