Call to action- please help save city schools orchestra program
Tomorrow the school board has to adopt what Superintendent Maggie Fehrman has already solely determined - that they are cutting the orchestra program.
If you have literally 30 seconds, that’s all it takes to send a pre-scripted letter in an the attempt to flood the board’s mailboxes before their 5pm meeting calling for them to reconsider this hasty & foolish decision:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-acs-leadership-save-our-school-orchestra?source=direct\_link
Fehrman claims the program needs to be cut because there isn’t enough student interest, but honestly thats total & complete BS. My kid was enrolled in the program for several years, & the biggest issue with the program the entire time was the administration that starved the it of adequate funding & support after COVID.
What’s absolutely infuriating is that last fall they waited until a week before school started before officially announcing it had been cut from the HS, after the previous spring when dozens of orchestra students heavily protested & petitioned proposed educational budget cuts that were threatening the program. Ultimately these activated students were successful in stopping the cuts, only to have their program cut anyway. Now the board is attempting to permanently kill the orchestra program at all city schools forever.
Let it be known that Maggie Fehrman & any board members who votes for this measure are absolute disgraces to our shared community values, & to their role in representing what’s best for students.
( The AVL Watchdog also just released a piece pointing out many of Fehrman’s other controversial shortcomings: https://avlwatchdog.org/controversy-is-a-constant-at-asheville-schools-now-so-is-the-superintendent/ )
Thank you for your help in this matter, it is greatly appreciated it!