Budget cuts force 4J elementary schools to absorb arts education costs

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Every year, McCornack Elementary School principal Dana Brummett books her school’s “artist in residence” from Lane Arts Council’s roster of 50 local artists.

For the upcoming school year, she scored a districtwide favorite, Kelly Thibodeaux, a fiddler and storyteller who comes to schools with a car full of tiny fiddles, teaches students basic fiddle techniques and leads students in a performance.

“He’s a legend, I’ve been trying to get him,” Brummett said. “He books up real quickly.”…

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