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Forney ISD presentation includes $5,000 band director donation for elementary music; other PTO gifts noted
Summary
At the meeting staff presented donations for board consideration, including Corning High band director Cody Newman's $5,000 donation to elementary music programs and an earlier Crippen PTO donation; the transcript does not record a final roll-call vote.
During the donations portion of the meeting, staff asked the board to accept gifts from school parent-teacher organizations and local educators, including a $5,000 personal donation from Corning High band director Cody Newman to support elementary music programs.
A district presenter said Newman was honored as a Country Music Association Teacher of Excellence and that he chose to donate his $5,000 award to…
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