By Bruce A. Fasol
The recent cutbacks in art and music instruction in West Frankfort schools, is prompting local residents to form a support group. A meeting will be held Wednesday May 1st to discuss how volunteers could replace the loss of some in-school instruction with private instruction.
The meeting will be held at GranDo Arts Studio, which is ironically located in a former Frankfort elementary school in West Franfort . The meeting begins at 6:30pm, and is open to anyone wishing to help by offering ideas. A number of key decisions are expected to be made at this meeting according to organizers.
Budget cuts were made by the District 168 School Board to music programs and art programs in the district. This was done, in part, due to efforts to trim the budget due to the shortfall of money from the state. Cuts were made to class offerings in all aspects of music including vocal and instrumental instruction. However, arts were not totally eliminated from the curriculum entirely.
Even though this organizational meeting is being held in a business providing private instruction, organizers stress that this is not a profit venture, and instruction would come from volunteers on a free basis to students,eventually if the program can be organized.
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