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‘A point of pride.’ First known public school mariachi band in Kentucky is in Lexington

‘A point of pride.’ First known public school mariachi band in Kentucky is in Lexington  Yahoo! Voices

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. Sheintrod