It has been such a rough two months here in Chaska with the cuts to our music department. I'm glad I just erased my old blog because quite honestly I don't need all the old thoughts I wrote down in that one out there anymore. But I will say this. I have finally had my first real encounter with music being disrespected in my district. I know it happens all over the country but we have been very lucky here. Now with the economy as it is, the first curricular area to go here in Chaska has been music. All my wishful thinking that this wasn't true is out the window. Our district is no better than any other one when it comes to supporting music which is very disappointing.
With that said, I think we do have some things going for us with all the great things going on here from kindergarten on up. And I think things like the Lindquist Concert, all district concerts, mid-level solo ensemble, the new marching program at the high school and so on are great perks that our community and administration recognizes and appreciates. But what we are missing is a strong music parents group. We have a lot of parents who are very supportive of us, but there is no place for them to meet together and voice this opinion as a group. Not to mention that there are many other things a music parents group could do for us outside of advocation.
We tried to start a music parents group a couple years ago. We have great vision of what we want this group to do, but we are struggling with getting it going. Anyone with some specific thoughts on how to take those very initial steps?
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