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Mother urges board to intervene in elementary band instruction
Summary
A parent told the board she has raised concerns about the elementary band teacher’s classroom practice and the quality/quantity of performance instruction, and asked trustees to become involved to improve elementary music education.
During public comment, Kimberly Granger, a mother of a student entering Norris Middle School, asked the board to address what she called inadequate elementary band instruction. Granger said she first raised concerns on Dec. 15 and described the spring concert as having very brief student performances: she counted two‑minute performances despite the students having received roughly 10 hours of instruction since winter.
She said students were “often not allowed to play the notes” and that classes were disorganized, leading some students to stop wanting to attend. Granger said district staff (she named a Mrs. Lee) responded previously and promised mentoring and oversight for the elementary teacher, but she said the situation did not improve and asked the board to become involved in improving music education at the elementary level.
The board acknowledged the comment; no formal board action was taken during the meeting on that item. The transcript records the request and the district’s prior promise of oversight, but does not record a follow‑up response or a formal plan adopted at that time.
