Southern Cayuga school board examines music dept. cuts

POPLAR RIDGE -- State officials last week declared that New York is in a recession and the Southern Cayuga Central School District Board of Education is taking that to heart.

During Monday's regular meeting, the board discussed, but ultimately did not approve, cutting personnel in the music department for the upcoming academic school year that begins in just one month.

Upon the recommendation of Superintendent Mary Kay Worth, the board appointed two band teachers to fill vacancies left by a resignation and a retirement earlier this year, but not without some members questioning why the district needs more than one.