ICYMI: A Threat to Arts Education in Northport-East Northport Schools

Parents are calling on Northport-East Northport Schools to maintain the district’s highly regarded arts program.

A new petition is gaining momentum on change.org to postpone cuts to the department “until the soon-to-be active Superintendent of Schools, Robert Banzer can study and evaluate this motion for one year.”

Community members are asking the district to delay a previous decision to remove “the separate Art and Music administrative district positions in order to create a new Director of Music and Art position,” according to the online petition.

Struggling with declining enrollments, school officials say they must learn the amount of state aid the district will receive before announcing the final budget, according to Newsday.

As of Friday afternoon, the change.org petition had 778 signatures.

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