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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Before bashing the teachers, it would be good to have your facts straight.  The issue with the 6th class is not instructional minutes, it is student load.  The TPMS scheduling committee clearly presented this information at the parent meeting two weeks ago.  Due to the 6th class, many TPMS teachers teach 20-30 more students than their peers at other middle schools.  This is the reason most TPMS teachers want to return to a schedule that aligns with their contract.[/quote]

This is a valid problem for the teachers to raise, but it is also a valid concern for parents and students to raise.  It’s really unfortunate that students from ES through HS are often sacrificing Band/Orchestra in order to keep up with other academics. 
 In ES, for most kids to be in band/orchestra they have leave out of a class in progress and then make up the work.  In MS the magnet kids have to sacrifice taking Foreign Language which potentially becomes a problem when applying to some HS programs.  And in HS the band teachers are literally asking the kids and families to speak to the teacher first before deciding to drop band/orchestra because of DE schedules or other double period classes make it seem unworkable. It really show how little we as a society value the arts.

Frankly I think this topic should be brought up higher and more visibly than TPMS so the district can see how many parents and students wish something would be done about the issue.[/quote]

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