Olympia School District to ax music classes for pushing 'white supremacy'

Olympia School District to ax music classes for pushing 'white supremacy' - Katherine

• A Washington school district is planning to cut music classes it believes promote “white supremacy culture” and “significant institutional violence.”
• The Olympia School District — which is facing a budget shortfall of $11.5 million — voted last week to eliminate band and strings for fourth-graders in an effort to both save money and fight racism.
• School Board Director Scott Clifthorne admitted during the meeting that research proves music classes are “healthy for young minds,” but that they are disproportionately rolled out across the district’s 12 elementary schools...