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Band parents and students urge board to restore marching-band transportation; resident raises equity concerns
Summary
Three public commenters — the Orange High School Band Boosters president, a band student and a resident — asked the board to reinstate transportation subsidies for marching competitions and highlighted access inequities for low-income and minority students who lack after-school transport.
Three members of the public used the meeting's public-comment period to ask the board to reconsider district support for marching-band transportation and to highlight transportation-related equity issues.
Tracy Lloyd (speaker 14), who identified herself as president of the Orange High School Band Boosters, thanked the board for prior consideration and asked that the board direct funds to cover transportation for school-sponsored marching competitions so booster fundraising can focus on music education and equipment rather than…
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