Loker Elementary School Principal Brian Jones outlined the new pilot program to be initiated this fall that would reduce the current 75 minutes of music instruction to a weekly 45 minutes in grades 4 and 5. A memo describing the changes was sent out to the Loker community on June 22. The change was prompted after Jones co-chaired an elementary scheduling committee with Assistant Superintendent Betsy Gavron to evaluate the current schedule to ensure that all students were receiving maximum instruction time.Jones stated that 71.8% of teachers felt that the current schedule was not effectively meeting the needs of the