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North Middlesex panel shifts performing-arts fees: musicals $100, plays $50
Summary
The North Middlesex Regional School Committee voted Sept. 16 to set a $100 participation fee for school musicals and $50 for plays districtwide, a reversal of the spring schedule. Administration said the aim is to align funds with production costs; members pressed for refunds, middle-school parity and support for students who cannot afford fees.
The North Middlesex Regional School Committee voted Sept. 16 to change student-performing-arts participation fees so that musicals carry a $100 charge and plays $50.
Superintendent Brad Morgan told the committee the shift would ensure production accounts—separate student activity funds—have sufficient funds to cover expensive musical costs such as rights and costumes. "I'm asking the committee to flip it so that the first event, which is the play, is $50 and the second event is the…
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