as for the Dance opportunities, it really is about priorities. priorities for the town, for the schools and administrators, and priorities for the kids.
in my town, they went through a phase where they wanted to end the extracurricular music programs. pep bands, small chamber orchestras, the small ensemble choral groups because there wasn't enough funding and we had the BIG groups which most of the kids in the small groups were involved in anyway. the kids, parents, and faculty got together and fought for it by showing up and pretty much storming a school board meeting to explain why we felt it was important. we ended up having to pay fees for each group we were in to keep it, but at least we got to keep it.
if arts programs are a priority for a town, the kids take pride in it, and make them a priority, too.
but they never cut sports programs. why is that? it's always arts. sports are important too, but so are the arts. dance, music, art classes, etc.
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Date: 2008-02-05 05:30 pm (UTC)in my town, they went through a phase where they wanted to end the extracurricular music programs. pep bands, small chamber orchestras, the small ensemble choral groups because there wasn't enough funding and we had the BIG groups which most of the kids in the small groups were involved in anyway. the kids, parents, and faculty got together and fought for it by showing up and pretty much storming a school board meeting to explain why we felt it was important. we ended up having to pay fees for each group we were in to keep it, but at least we got to keep it.
if arts programs are a priority for a town, the kids take pride in it, and make them a priority, too.
but they never cut sports programs. why is that? it's always arts. sports are important too, but so are the arts. dance, music, art classes, etc.