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Since the budget is REALLY bad, they're thinking about cutting band Y_Y
It REALLLYY sucks. They might not. But they might. I'm soo terrified.
I can't afford to buy my own oboe and I'll never get good enough to play in college if I'm not playing in school.
It really sucks. :/

What do you think?

Aw, that sucks. I'm sorry that there's a chance that it might get cut, but I know that you can rent instruments; maybe that's an option you can take, as well as lessons, to keep up your playing. Otherwise good luck.

For my school (and State), they're cutting sports. California is srsly messed up,so I assume band will be out by the time I actualy master my Flute. gonk

This!

Go to your local school board meetings - these should be open to students. If they're not, then something's wrong with your system.

Tell them the statistics about music, such as:
-Helps memorization skills
-On average, students in band get higher grades
-Music is the art of perfection - maybe talk about the simple piece called "A+." The concept behind the piece is that many educational systems consider 97% an A+ grade. Using that, the band plays the piece two times. Once, they play it through correctly. The second time, each person plays a certain number of notes wrong - something like 3. Technically, everyone has an 'A+' performance, but it sounds godawful. Music is the only class where nothing less than 100% perfection is acceptable.

Do your research first, and read (and cite) articles such as:
http://www.livescience.com/health/070319_music_brainstem.html

Fight for your music courses. Let the system know that they're absolutely essential, and cutting them will do more harm than good.

One other tip -- bring your parents along. If several parents will hint that if the music program is abolished, their votes will be going elsewhere in the next election, it should catch their attention. You can do so as well if you can vote.