Every program in the K-12 pipeline — and what happens to each.
The proposed cut hits elementary music. The ripple hits everything else. Here is the full pipeline, in order.
Where the damage starts
K–5 Elementary — the program being cut
Classroom music in every Gresham-Barlow elementary school. This is the program the proposed budget eliminates outright.
Year 1–4 of the ripple
6–8 Middle School — directly downstream
Beginning band and beginning choir at all five GBSD middle schools. Every one of these depends on K-5 music!
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Middle School Band — directly downstream
All 5 GBSD middle schools
Beginning, intermediate, and symphonic band depend on a steady stream of K-5 students who can already read rhythm and pitch. Cut elementary music and beginning band enrollment is projected to drop within two years.
★[PLACEHOLDER: projected enrollment drop — fill in once district data is available]
★Direct feeder to Gresham HS Wind Ensemble and Sam Barlow band
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Middle School Choir — directly downstream
4 of 5 GBSD middle schools
Sixth-grade choir relies on K-5 singing experience. Without it, advanced and treble choirs lose the prerequisite skills and the pipeline shrinks year after year.
★Direct feeder for Sam Barlow Symphonic Choir and GHS Chamber Choir
Year 3–5 of the ripple
9–12 High School — the next domino
Gresham, Sam Barlow, and Springwater Trail ensembles, theater, and the Oregon arts CTE pathway. Cannot survive without a K-12 pipeline.
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Gresham HS Music
Gresham High School
Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, and Orchestra. Every one of these ensembles is fed from middle school. Cut K-5 music and within five years GHS music programs cannot fill auditioned seats.
★Wind Ensemble: GHS's only auditioned high school band
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Sam Barlow HS Music
Sam Barlow High School
Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, and Orchestra. Every one of these ensembles is fed from middle school. Cut K-5 music and within five years SBHS music programs cannot fill auditioned seats.
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Sam Barlow HS Choir
Data
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Gresham HS Choir
Data
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Sam Barlow Theater & Stagecraft
Sam Barlow High School
Two main-stage productions and a one-act festival per year. Musical theater depends on singing confidence built K-12.
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Gresham HS Theater & Stagecraft
Gresham High School
Year-round theater and a stagecraft class. The musical season relies on cast members with K-12 vocal training.
These programs need you to speak up — now.
The board only hears the room. Sign the petition; email them; show up.