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Parents and students urge Williamson County board to fund arts teachers and pay directors
Summary
Parents and students urged the school board to provide consistent funding for arts programs and to have schools pay director/coach supplements rather than relying on parent-funded PTO payments.
Multiple parents and students used the public comment period to ask the Williamson County Board of Education to stabilize arts funding and stop requiring PTOs and families to cover director and coaching supplements.
Amy Cook, a PTO board member and parent, said this is the first year she has seen a line item on the PTO budget to pay director salaries and described the current flow: parents pay PTOs, PTOs…
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