Madison Schools Elementary String Survey
Tell the School Board How You Feel About This Program Cut

Please complete the following survey about MMSD's elementary strings program and the proposed elimination of this academic curriculum. We will tabulate the answers and give them to the Madison School Board at a future board meeting.

1. Should MMSD keep elementary strings program in Grades 4 and 5?


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2. Do you support keeping elementary strings beginning in Grade 4?


Yes No

3. Do you support sharing cuts equally across programs so that one course is not cut completely?


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4. In the March 10, 2005, Isthmus, Richard Davis, a UW-Madison emeritus professor of music and an internationally known bassist who has worked with young musicians said, "Underprivileged children will suffer the most. It's another way of letting only those who can afford it get the opportunities. The fear is that you're going to have a very one-sided, warped community, where one world will have all of the exposure and sophistication, and the other world won't." Do you agree this this statement?


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5. Currently, the elementary strings course offers two large group rehearsals per week. Would you be in favor of what surrounding districts offer, which is one small group lesson per week and one large group rehearsal per week?


Yes No

6. Did you know that the 2005-2006 MMSD budget will include $1.5 million more for the administrative staff budget than in 2003-2004?


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7. Do you support an increase in the administrative budget when it means the elimination of elementary strings and/or other courses?


Yes No

8. Do you support the formation of a community fine arts education committee advising to the School Board on fine arts?


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9. Please tell us who you are?


Elementary String StudentMMSD StudentParent Teacher MMSD Employee

Fine Arts Organization EmployeeOther

9. Your Email Address

10. Please share any additional comments/ideas you may have below:



Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey and sharing your thoughts with the Madison School Board: