Ideological political activists serving on the Olympia School Board are portraying school music class as "inequitable" and the district's "tradition of excellence" in music classes is translated to mean systemic discrimination thus concluding music classes are racist, how these extreme claims of racism and woke politics in school settings are prompting a reduction in public school enrollment in major WA school districts, the enrollment reductions are forcing districts into significant budget cuts, Edmonds School District has seen over 1000 students leave the district in the last 3 years, public school districts in Shoreline, Mukilteo, Bellevue and Tacoma are just a few of the other major school districts also facing an exodus of students.