Despite current efforts the past few weeks, Mountlake Terrace High School will still not have Jazz Ensemble 2, Percussion Ensemble, and Choir classes next year. Throughout the district, the below listed impacts still hold true despite a vote last week to add more teachers by the Edmonds School District Board. Contact information for the school board and superintendent, and our state representatives are below.
- 8 of 12 High School music teachers are being surplussed for next year, with a reduction of 23% of all High School music classes (in addition to the cuts over previous years).
- District is scheduled to have only two full-time High School Music positions in the entire district next year. Some of these cuts are being made because of reduced enrollment numbers, but many aren’t.
- The music numbers at Lynnwood High School and Meadowdale High School increased for next year, yet they are reducing .4 FTE and .6 FTE respectively.
- The music numbers at Edmonds-Woodway and Madrona remain stable, yet they are cutting .4 FTE and .3 FTE respectively.
- There will be no Choir options at MTHS, BTM or Madrona K-8 next year.
- In addition, the only Middle School orchestra at Madrona K-8 has been eliminated (with 28 students enrolled).
- Meadowdale Middle school cut a section of 7th grade band, and now has 84 students enrolled in the one remaining section – the solution, reduce the number of students or cut the Jazz band to divide the 7th grade band into two sections.
- The MTHS Jazz 2 band placed first in their division at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival yesterday (over 18 other ensembles) – That fully enrolled class for next year is scheduled to be combined with other band classes. A similar solution is proposed at EWHS and MDHS.
- LHS JE1 &JE2 are currently collapsed into one section 81 students in one jazz band.
