As a current parent from the band program listed in this article. I am wouldn't give a dime or and instrument UNTIL THE SYSTEM decides to fund the ARTS. Did you know that this same system provides all the government money to the TESTED subjects but gives ZERO to the arts. This is sad. We donate our tax money - the stimulus money and it goes to students that won;t do their homework. And their parents don't seem to care. Why is it the the mismanagement of funds is not being addressed by the parents and the community - I have asked and no one hears my voice. The motto mentions excellence in the arts - will let them put THEIR MONEY where THEIR MOUTH is and fund the programs. There are plenty of instruments there from when a great band director was in the county. No money has been spent to fix anything since then. There is honestly NO priority for music in the schools. Kudos for a teacher that would like to change that - but if you want a real story check into why there is NO money given to the arts and electives from the money allotted from the state? Or maybe why Bladen County teaches a MS class called - Physical Education where the kids are asked to walk in a circle while that socialize for a class period. By the way stop by and ask to observe a Health Education Class - You might have a long wait. If you ask me that is pushing the coach potato issue in the future to a new level. If anyone would like to end the courruption and save and students and tax money I would love to help. I have asked the local officials all the way to the new superintendent - by the way there was money to buy all the principals laptops and blackberries but the kids in the arts have NO FUNDS - and the owners of this technology do not KNOW how to use it. What a waste of money. I have written the educational people in raleight and not even a thank you we will look in to it - you would think that they would care that the system is being provided a teaching for a Health Class and No One at the School takes Health - Still no funding for the Arts there is something very crooked going on here - there was a rumor that the NEW Super - Killingsworth - had found money at the beginning of the year so no one would have to lose their job - which is NOT true because I know one that did. Anyway - help would be appreciated.