PARKERSBURG – A revamped fifth-grade band program is off to a strong start in Wood County Schools. Kimberly Hunt, director of the elementary bands program for the school district, said she and ...

Fifth-grade itinerant strings teacher Sally Pool instructs students at Gonzales Elementary. Fifth-grade strings was reintroduced during the last school year as it was found that students can benefit ...

BOTHELL, Wash. — The fight is on for parents in the Northshore School District to save the fifth-grade band. Families worry further cutting the program will force it to dissolve in years to come.