VICTORIA --
It appears that students' musical messages of protest have been heard and the Greater Victoria School District's middle school music programs will be saved, at least for another year.
"We did move those cuts out of music and preserving as much of that as possible," said Jordan Watters, chair of the Greater Victoria Board of Education following a school district meeting on Wednesday night.
No vote has taken place as of yet, however. The meeting was adjourned on Wednesday night and a vote is expected to happen on Thursday night. What the board did agree on was to find other areas to cut, to make up its $7-million shortfall and keep cuts out of classrooms as much as possible.