Grady Goods Artpunk Gallery owner Jae Grady has played the guitar since he was 12 years old. Now, music is a big part of his 13-year-old son’s life. He’s a trombone player in a band at Western Middle School for the Arts.

Recently, Grady discovered 11 kids in his son’s band class don’t have an instrument. He said didn’t find out about this from school administrators, the band director or a parent newsletter.

“I had to find that out on a Reddit thread,” Grady said. “It's got to feel [mortifying] to be in band and show up and you've got no instrument.”

LPM News reached out to administrators at Western Middle School and has not yet heard back.

Grady and many other parents touted their concerns on social media for the future of music education at Kentucky’s largest school district. A new fu

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