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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...

View the video from the April 18 School Board Special Meeting Attend IN PERSON the School Board meeting on Tuesday, April 25, at 6:30 at the District Office.  At this meeting the School Board will vote on the “reduced education plan” for next year.  Tuesday, April 25, 2023 @ 6:30pmBoardroom of the Educational Services Center20420 68th Ave West, Lynnwood, WA 98036 Band starts playing at 5:30pm. Review the meeting agenda at https://www.edmonds.wednet.edu/…/schedule-of-board… [click the Agenda of Business link] More information about providing comments on our Facebook post. Wear red, bring an instrument, make signs! We have got to fight this with our full hearts and not allow them...

We need you to take action today and write your state representatives! This current state legislative session closes Sunday, April 23, and our representatives must hear from you about school funding before it closes. This is how we save the music! Budget cuts are actually caused by the state legislature consistently underfunding our public schools and creating these budget deficits in the first place. When legislators cap special education funding at 13.5% or 15%, when they fund less than half of student transportation needs, when they underfund teacher salaries, when they underfund art and music classes, budget deficits are the...

View the video from the April 18 School Board Special Meeting Attend IN PERSON the special School Board meeting on Tuesday, April 18th, at 6:30 at the District Office.  At this meeting the School Board will hear the first reading of the “reduced education plan” for next year.  Tuesday, April 18, 2023 @ 6:30pmBoardroom of the Educational Services Center [Subject to change-check social]20420 68th Ave West, Lynnwood, WA 98036 ***Interested in providing public comments at the April 18 meeting? Arrive by 6pm to sign up. ***Click here to submit a comment online or speak virtually before 3:00 pm PST on 4/18. Band starts playing at...

https://youtu.be/wSd2Y6rlpMQ Recording of tonight's 2-hour meeting with Mountlake Terrace High School's Principal Greg Schellenberg to discuss the proposed cuts to the Mountlake Terrace High School music pr Recording of tonight's 2-hour meeting with Mountlake Terrace High School's Principal Greg Schellenberg to discuss the proposed cuts to the Mountlake Terrace High School music program. Guest speakers and parents were provided the opportunity to speak and ask the principal questions about the proposed budget cuts. 222 attended this evening's meeting. Speakers 0:00:00 - MTHS jazz combo performs before meeting 16:00 - Meeting starts - Opening remarks from Jill Espitia, MTHS Music Boosters...

Monday, April 17 - Meeting with Mountlake Terrace High School Principal Join us at 6pm in the Mountlake Terrace High School Theater to meet with Principal Greg Schellenberg. From Darin Faul - a personal request If you’re familiar with the band program at MTHS you know I’ve asked a lot of you through the years! Money, attendance, support, practice, effort, etc. My requests have been almost entirely for the students and for the program. This is different. I’m asking you to show up for me. And if you know me at all, you know this makes me extremely uncomfortable. Two...

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Our Story April 10, 2023. Edmonds School District is proposing significant staff reductions next year. Today we learned that the Mountlake Terrace High School Music Program will cut two band classes (out of five) and the only remaining choir class at the school. In addition, the after school drama class will be cut.  Our students are still recovering from the effects of the pandemic-- academically, socially, and emotionally.  There are holes in their learning; many are anxious, depressed, and/or stressed.  We are seeing behaviors we haven’t seen before due to students struggling to manage their emotions and/or seamlessly interact with...