Parents are Key
This past week my travels took me to the Atlanta area to meet with a group of booster presidents from a sizable school district and then to Rochester, New York for the NYSSMA Winter Convention. Listening to these parents speak and then to hear great presentations from Marcia Neel (president of Music Education Consultants), Laurie Lock (former director of programs at VH1-Save the Music Foundation), and Dr. Scott Shuler (president of NAfME—formerly MENC), the one thing that is enormously clear is that every one of these people pointed to the PARENT as the key to making certain music and the arts remain core to our students’ complete education. Parents hold all of the power! Now, more than ever, there is a need to mobilize a national movement of parents.
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