Trust me if the school board walked into the orchestra room with mr Griffith and his students just for a minute they would instantly change their mind.
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Shae
7 years ago
Save Mr.Griffith
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Save Mr. Griffith
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Megan Reid
7 years ago
This is unfair
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Riley Peters
7 years ago
Music is so important and as a future music educator, we are not interchangeable. You need a specific Orchestra director.
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Connor N
7 years ago
I don’t play in the orchestra, but I know many people who claim he is a great teacher. I also don’t think that the band teachers are going to be sufficient in teaching all the orchestra students because their expertise in only band (Sorry Mr. Buckley, Mr. Ozsvath and Ms. Reiss).
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Marcia Swift
7 years ago
Keep our Batavia Arts Programs Strong!
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Jarret Quale
7 years ago
One should not expect one teacher to be able to properly teach both band and orchestra. It is simply too much work for one teacher to give that many music students a proper education.
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Nancy Cepolski
7 years ago
Mr. Griffith is AMAZING!!! my daughter had the amazing opportunity in 8th grade to have him his first year. He had and has such a passion for orchestra that it outpoured onto the students. My daughter who is now in her sophomore year at BHS still, to this day, thinks her experience with him as director was wonderful. I always look forward to seeing RMS orchestra perform with BHS so we can see what a wonderful job he continues to do. This will be the 3rd orchestra director in 7yrs!!! That is VERY upsetting for the RMS orchestra community. Here we have the best one in 7yrs and he is let go!!! OUTRAGEOUS!!!
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Honna Austin
7 years ago
I couldn’t agree more! Mr. Griffith is such an incredible teacher and so loved by his students.
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Jolanta Dubiel
7 years ago
We need to support the music program, which gets better every year with dedicated teachers who find time for our children. Students need more individual approach and directions from the music teachers too, and by decreasing the teacher:student ratio there is more loss than gain. Music is practice with directions!
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Ron Haedt
7 years ago
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My granddaughter has had him for an orchestra teacher for three years. Her interest in music has grown each year. I am a retired teacher and the first time I saw him I knew he was a special teacher. If you let him go you losing someone who cannot be replaced
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Christy
7 years ago
GET RID OF THE BAND TEACHER
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Anonymous
7 years ago
To have a teacher that ignites passion and enthusiasm for music as this teacher clearly does would be a terrible loss for not only his students but for the Batavia school system. Where does the high school think they are going to get students excited and looking forward to becoming a part of their program?
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David R Hays
7 years ago
String teachers should teach strings
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Susan Kuschewski
7 years ago
He is a great teacher and asset to Rotolo Middle School
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Raquel M Konopacki
7 years ago
My daughter enjoyed him as a teacher. Please reconsider the decision and reinstate Mr. Griffith.
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Naomi Dwyer
7 years ago
He is a wonderful music teacher!!! Please do not replace him. My granddaughter plays violin, loves being in his class.
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Laura Schofield
7 years ago
Music is an important part of students success. You are showing students the orchestra is less important than other music groups.
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Anonymous
7 years ago
Music is honestly the most important thing in a child’s life, so no one deserves the power to take that right from students in need of it.
Trust me if the school board walked into the orchestra room with mr Griffith and his students just for a minute they would instantly change their mind.
Save Mr.Griffith
Save Mr. Griffith
This is unfair
Music is so important and as a future music educator, we are not interchangeable. You need a specific Orchestra director.
I don’t play in the orchestra, but I know many people who claim he is a great teacher. I also don’t think that the band teachers are going to be sufficient in teaching all the orchestra students because their expertise in only band (Sorry Mr. Buckley, Mr. Ozsvath and Ms. Reiss).
Keep our Batavia Arts Programs Strong!
One should not expect one teacher to be able to properly teach both band and orchestra. It is simply too much work for one teacher to give that many music students a proper education.
Mr. Griffith is AMAZING!!! my daughter had the amazing opportunity in 8th grade to have him his first year. He had and has such a passion for orchestra that it outpoured onto the students. My daughter who is now in her sophomore year at BHS still, to this day, thinks her experience with him as director was wonderful. I always look forward to seeing RMS orchestra perform with BHS so we can see what a wonderful job he continues to do. This will be the 3rd orchestra director in 7yrs!!! That is VERY upsetting for the RMS orchestra community. Here we have the best one in 7yrs and he is let go!!! OUTRAGEOUS!!!
I couldn’t agree more! Mr. Griffith is such an incredible teacher and so loved by his students.
We need to support the music program, which gets better every year with dedicated teachers who find time for our children. Students need more individual approach and directions from the music teachers too, and by decreasing the teacher:student ratio there is more loss than gain. Music is practice with directions!
My granddaughter has had him for an orchestra teacher for three years. Her interest in music has grown each year. I am a retired teacher and the first time I saw him I knew he was a special teacher. If you let him go you losing someone who cannot be replaced
GET RID OF THE BAND TEACHER
To have a teacher that ignites passion and enthusiasm for music as this teacher clearly does would be a terrible loss for not only his students but for the Batavia school system. Where does the high school think they are going to get students excited and looking forward to becoming a part of their program?
String teachers should teach strings
He is a great teacher and asset to Rotolo Middle School
My daughter enjoyed him as a teacher. Please reconsider the decision and reinstate Mr. Griffith.
He is a wonderful music teacher!!! Please do not replace him. My granddaughter plays violin, loves being in his class.
Music is an important part of students success. You are showing students the orchestra is less important than other music groups.
Music is honestly the most important thing in a child’s life, so no one deserves the power to take that right from students in need of it.