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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's no secret that specialized activities and extra curriculum and all sports receive 0 funding from FCPS. Small stipend for coaching if anything. Hence the PTA, boosters, and fundraising.[/quote]

Band is an arts class that fulfills state graduation requirements.  It is part of a high school curriculum.  Sports are an after school activity that is not part of the state curriculum requirements.

The band fee covers music licensing and printing for the students, required for music performances.  The uniform is extra, so the money due for music classes is quite a bit more than $50.00.  It is actually well over $100.00 the first year, and perhaps future years if the freshman outgrows his uniform.

Art classes pay extra fees too.

FCPS has a 4 BILLION dollar budget.

There is no reason why these music licensing fees and art fees are not covered by the district.

Wtf are they doing to waste all those billions of dollars?

FCPS currently intends to spend multi millions of dollars creating an aviation magnet school for a miniscule amount of students.  The early numbers being thrown around are approximately 400 students in the magnet school.

You do the math.

FCPS cannot afford to pay $50.00/music student to print sheet music and pay approximately 12 licensing fees per music ensemble in the high school music classes, but they are willing to spend tens of thousands per student, plus the building purchase and renovation, to stand up a magnet program for around 100 students per grade.[/quote]

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