‘A point of pride.’ First known public school mariachi band in Kentucky is in Lexington Yahoo! Voices
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DuringFriday’sgraduationforBryanStationHighSchool,peopleheardaperformanceof“CielitoLindo”byMariachiEscudodeBryanStation,whichFayetteschooldistrictofficialsdescribeasKentucky’sonlyknownhighschoolMariachiband.
“Thesestudentsdidanincrediblejob,andit’sanexampleofourongoingworktoexpandaccesstoawidearrayofdiverseartsopportunitiesforourstudents,”FayettePublicSchoolsBoardChairmanTylerMurphysaidonaFacebookpost.
Withsomecommunitymembersupsetbecausesomeschoolcouncilsarecuttingartsprograms,MurphysaidinanAprilpostthatinlastyear’sbudgetcycle,theschoolboardmadeanadditional$1.4millioninvestmentinvisualandperformingartsatthedistrictlevel.
Inthe2022fiscalyearcycle,district-levelexpendituresinfineartsamountedto$347,315,hesaid.
AtaNovemberschoolboardmeeting,Fayetteschool’sDirectorofFineArtsKatherineLowther,saida“directandclearresultofthatinvestment”wasthemariachiband.
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