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School committee accepts three grants for instruments, cybersecurity and classroom food education

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Brockton Public Schools accepted three grants totaling $75,000 for music instruments, cybersecurity and a classroom farm-to-table mushroom program and approved CTE advisory committee appointments.

The Brockton School Committee voted Jan. 7 to accept three grants that district staff said will support music, cybersecurity and classroom food-education programs.

Rebecca Desmond, the district director of music (K–12), presented a Klarman Family Foundation instrument fund award seeking $30,000 to replace aging marching percussion and other instruments. "Our marching percussion instruments are about 20 years old; new instruments will be lighter, have better cases and allow students to use stands indoors so they aren't carrying heavy drums every rehearsal," Desmond said. The request…

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