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Residents, students urge board to preserve elementary band and orchestra amid budget talks
Summary
Dozens of parents, students and music advocates urged the Mukwonago Area School District board to spare fourth- and fifth-grade band and orchestra from proposed cuts, citing academic benefits, scholarship outcomes and a petition with more than 600 signatures.
Dozens of residents, parents and students told the Mukwonago Area School District board on March 23 that the district should preserve elementary band and orchestra rather than reduce music to extracurricular status.
At the start of public comment, Andrea Kokott said the community is ‘‘asking you, our school board, to exercise responsibility in bloated areas of spend, specifically surrounding non-teaching administrative costs’’ and urged the board to review administrative growth before cutting student-facing programs.
Several speakers directly urged the board not to cut elementary music. Jonathan Kamenar, who identified himself by name, said removing fine-arts instruction in elementary grades would deny students…
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