A Victory for LMS Music

Let me give you some background. Back in February we learned that the 7th & 8th grade band schedule was being proposed to be changed. And not a good change either. The change? Move band to M/W & every other Friday! Hello?!?!?! How on earth can we have a quality band under those circumstances? As music boosters we wanted to meet with the MS principal. She blew us off! So since she didn't think it was necessary to talk with us we went to the school board to bring up our concerns. Us showing up at the meeting was the first that they even heard about this change. The school superintendant then arranged 2 meetings where we could "dialog" (I hate that term!) with the MS Principal. They wanted to find a common ground that the music boosters could support. I didn't realize our organization was having such an impact with administration. To make an extremely long story short, the final desicion was made last night. It was a close one, but the school board voted to keep 7th & 8th grade band as is ~ everyday & all year round! Wooohoo! Happy dance time!

Take note Lynden voters: There were 2 school board members that voted for every other day band. Those members were ~ Steve Hortegas & Larry Korthuis. Those that voted to keep band the same were Teresa Camfield & Todd Lingbloom. John Kreig the board President was not at the meeting but we were assured that he supported the music program everyday. So as you can tell there was a tie. According to the superintendant, since this was the case, the school schedule will not be changed & the motion was carried.

Yeeesssss! It was a narrow vote & victory. But a victory nonetheless. It's at least saved LMS band for 1 more year on the everyday schedule. We know this battle will raise it's ugly head again. But for now ~ we're happy!