Newsletter Archives: April 2010
From April 1 through June 30, new members can join without having to pay Initiation Fees, a savings of $115! New Members just need to pay prorated Annual Dues for the current year of $124.50.
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Musicians who performed for the Key West Symphony (recently rechristened South Florida Symphony) in January have yet to be paid for their services. Additionally, many have not been reimbursed for transportation costs to and from Key West.
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Membership Meeting Scheduled for Monday, May 24, 2010 at 4PM at Artserve.
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The Broward School Board, facing huge budget cuts, has
proposed reducing arts, library, and physical education programs. Under the proposal, elementary schools would either share media specialists and art, music, and physical education teachers with three other schools, have electives incorporated into other classes (with or without the assistance of consultants), or have teachers of electives teach two classes at once.
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The
Florida Language Institute has been decertified and closed down for not keeping its international students in the classroom. Regulations for those in the United States on student visas tightened after the 9/11 attacks, and foreign students are now required to be in class for at least eighteen hours per week. In addition to decertification of the school, eighty students are in custody awaiting deportation, and the school's president and an employee are facing up to ten years in prison for allegedly making a profit by falsifying immigration documents. There are over 600 schools in Florida that are certified to receive foreign students.
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