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COTA director reports program growth, leadership change and student gains

Fayette County Board of Education · April 22, 2026
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Matt Evans, the newly serving executive director of COTA, told the board the nonprofit expanded music, robotics, digital art and STEAM programming, served about 260 unduplicated students at two sites and reported modest academic gains in the most recent school year.

Matt Evans, the executive director of COTA, updated the Fayette County Board of Education on April 21 about program expansions, a recent leadership transition and student outcomes.

Evans said COTA has continued programming in music, robotics and art at Oak Hill Middle School and Fayetteville PreK–8 and has added piano, drums and digital art. He noted a leadership change: Esther Mori (founder) remains…

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