here they rarely have music classes in the schools. if students want to play an instrument the parent has to locate both instrument and private instructor.

The reason for this is because the government had cut the budgets of state aid per school age child enrolled in the schools.

most of our schools here don't have school nurses anymore. students get their school physicals before school starts and then if they are sick or get hurt on school time the office secretary calls the parents, the parents pick up child and take child home or to their pown family physician.

governemnt funds for school psychiatrists have also been cut and so the school here in my district gets a therapist or psychiatrist that vollunteers their time one or two days a week to float to the schools in my school district. most of the time they see the child once and refer them and their parents to the therapy agencies in community for therapy when needed.

As for the costly instrument check with St. Vincent Du Paul and Goodwill. they usually get intruments over the summers. I found a claranet there (goodwill) once for a friend for $5:00 and a flute for the same amount.