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Retired teacher urges board to restore theater arts staffing after perceived decline
Summary
A retired Gaston County Schools teacher asked the board to consider restoring theater arts and dance teachers across the district after citing a dramatic reduction in full-time positions over two decades.
GASTONIA, N.C. — During the public expression portion of the May 19 Gaston County Board of Education meeting, a retired high school math teacher urged the board to increase theater arts staffing and programming across the district.
Martha Stowe, a retired Gaston County Schools high school math teacher who identified herself as living in Belmont, told the board Belmont Abbey College had received $9,000,000 to build a fine arts performing center and suggested that the county's public schools had not…
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