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Parents, educators urge Higley board to back bond override, protect arts and language programs
Summary
Multiple parents and community members urged the Higley Unified School District board to support the November bond override, saying cuts already eliminated programs and that the override (estimated at about $11 per month for a homeowner) will preserve arts, music, dual-language immersion and extracurriculars.
Public-comment speakers at the Higley Unified School District governing-board meeting urged board members to support a proposed bond override this November to preserve arts, language and other student programs.
Travis White, a parent of a kindergartner in Coronado’s Mandarin dual-immersion program, called the override “critical” and said it would prevent further cuts that already eliminated positions and threatened…
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