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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Brent parent here.  Brent has a full-time music teacher.[/quote]

See! The lesson to be learned: Please, before you start claiming things on a forum like this, at least pick up the phone to check your facts. I'm not a Brent parent, but this type of cyber guess work about schools just really bothers me. It's the kind of uninformed guesswork that creates randomly long waitlists for some schools and none for others even though they may be offering the very same thing and have the same cheerful environment, great students, parents, and teachers. I sincerely hope that based on this discussion a few more will pick up their stuff and check out the many great schools - including middle schools for that matter - we have and go see for yourself!

Or maybe this thread was started intentionally to discredit DCPS, and Brent in particular? If so, how sad and twisted![/quote]

Brent parent here.  In all fairness, Brent had trouble with its music and arts program last year - and there was discontent amongst the community because of it.  There were budget issues with the CFO's office and contracting stuff.  But those issues are behind us and we now have five specials staffed by DCPS teachers (Chinese, P.E., Art, Science, Library), plus a full-time regular music teacher leading a regular music class that is cost-shared by the PTA and DCPS.  We also have a robust PTA Museum Studies Committee that has taken the bull by the horns and is ensuring the program is on-track.  For those interested: come to the Rocknoceros concert on November 5 and help support the arts programs at Brent.

http://brentelementary.org/events/rocknoceros/
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