The county in Florida where I live has been having regular budget cut meetings to discuss where to cut funding. On the chopping block are school sports up to Varsity (how are the kids below varsity supposed to get the help they need to make the team?) and all music programs. My 14-year-old daughter has been playing the cello for the past 4 years, and has been counting on that ability to help with scholarship funding for college. If she is not able to get scholarship funding through music, she will be in competition with countless others for academic scholarships as there will be no alternative.
This sucks.
