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Yes!!! music should be the gift we give to all children, not just the ones at Abernathy.

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Do you have any idea how little your legislators make to do this incredible service.  They make under $20 k a year; I bet you make more than that.  Get your facts straight before you make accusations.

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They are guesses.  The kicker is not based on the budget, it's based on projected revenues, which then drive the budget.  But if the prediction of revenues is wrong, which it almost always is, there is no way to pay for WHAT WE NEED in this state.  There is no reason to live like paupers the way we do.  We could have a magnificent state which great education.  This system makes us live in mediocrity. 

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