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CSHS band boosters flag untimely budget cuts and a revoked stipend; district adjusted food funding after pushback
Summary
Betsy Pickett, president of the College Station High School band boosters, told trustees that budget reductions and late communication had caused stress for band families and staff; she said the district restored student meal funding for an upcoming contest after booster pushback but expressed concern over a removed stipend for a director.
Betsy Pickett, president of the College Station High School Band Boosters and a parent of five students in the district, addressed the board during the Oct. 21 meeting to raise concerns about recent budget cuts and how those changes were communicated to fine‑arts staff and families.
Pickett told trustees the boosters set fees and budgets before the district communicated a “drastic” reduction in funding for student meals related to an Oct. 2 marching band event. She said the district initially cut funding to feed…
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