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[quote=Anonymous]In DCPS, music education (unlike say a second language) is required for elementary school children. I don't see how a school could get out of that requirement. Given its size of around 300 students, Brent ES, just as any other ES would have to have at least a part-time and probably a full time music teacher catering to either PS3 through 5th grade or possibly to K through 5th grade (don't know the exact requirements). A school can request a waiver from DCPS to not have a music teacher on the budget, say because they have a partnership that exposes children to music in other ways. But they can't waive out of offering music to their children. So please check your facts again. 
If you still find - which I seriously doubt - that Brent does not offer music to its students in any of these formats, that would make me wonder why that was never brought to DCPS' attention or why parents didn't object to that.
The same holds true for PE/health, art, and library. For these positions, too, and many others, a school can request a waiver to offer it in some other format. But a DC public school cannot waive out of offering these things.[/quote]

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