As students fundraise to keep middle‑school music programs alive, families are questioning why they need to step in at all. Paula Marchese, chair of Advocacy for Music in Schools (AMIS), joins us to explain a growing petition calling for trustee accountability in SD61 — and what it says when kids feel the need to save programs they thought were guaranteed.

<p>As students fundraise to keep middle‑school music programs alive, families are questioning why they need to step in at all. Paula Marchese, chair of Advocacy for Music in Schools (AMIS), joins us to explain a growing <a href="https://www.change.org/p/protect-sd61-student-programs-services-and-ensure-trustee-accountability-in-victoria-bc">petition calling for trustee accountability in SD61</a> &mdash; and what it says when <a href="https://chuffed.org/project/saveourmusicsd61">kids feel the need to save programs</a> they thought were guaranteed.</p>