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East Ramapo music and arts programs show increased participation after renewed support
3694451 · June 5, 2025
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Summary
Performing-arts staff say new supplies, instruments and upgraded equipment helped boost student participation in NYSMA and other programs.
Michael Smith, a performing-arts staff member at East Ramapo, told the board the district has restored resources for visual art, theater and music and that participation numbers in the New York State Music Association (NYSMMA) have risen sharply.
Smith said schools used arts-and-education funding to resume field trips to the Rockland Center for the Arts and to replenish supplies. He said theater upgrades…
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