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MAY 10, 2023 Vol. 32, No. 11
ON 20A SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH STARTS
Utica Community Schools voters approve bond, millage proposals BY KARA SZYMANSKI kszymanski@candgnews.com
UCS HONORED FOR BEING AMONG NATION’S BEST IN MUSIC EDUCATION BY KARA SZYMANSKI kszymanski@candgnews.com
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Utica Community Schools has been recognized for the ninth time as one of the Best Communities for Music Education by the California-based National Association of Music Merchants. The Best Communities for Music Education, according to NAMM, demonstrate outstanding achievement in their efforts to provide music access and education to all students.
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Voters in the Utica Community Schools district voted overwhelmingly in favor of the district’s school improvement bond proposal and the replacement operating millage proposal in the May 2 election. The district had referred to May 2 as the “safety and success” election. Voters approved both proposals by approximately 69% to 31%. The bond proposal asked voters for permission to borrow up to $550 million and issue general obligation unlimited tax bonds in one or more series for a number of purposes, including rebuilding and constructing additions to district buildings to create “a safe and secure modern learning environment for students,” as stated on the ballot. The proposal’s language also talked about using the money to construct replacement elementary school buildings; remodel buildings; and refurnish buildings, athletic fields and playgrounds. Buying and installing technology and acquiring and developing sites for district buildings and facilities were other uses highlighted in the proposal. So too was purchasing school buses.
Utica Community Schools Superintendent Robert Monroe said that music is a very important subject in the district. “Music education is an integral part of the Utica Community Schools experience and our success. Every day, our students are inspired by exemplary educators to reach their full potential in an environment that creates a lifelong love for music and performance,” he said in an email. He said that earning the Best Communities for Music Education designation each year is important See MUSIC on page 7A
Drum majors James Velasco, Emma Hildebrand, Margaret Johnson and Jenna Burton, of Henry Ford II High School; Maia Suggs, Emma Phillips, Lila Sapiano and Chloe Fashho, of Utica High School; Braden Cook and Chloe Zaharof, of Stevenson High School; and Ethan Delbeke, Cayla Colby, Rosaria Serraiocco, Ian Garden, Divya Bartley and Kenzie Mazzola, of Eisenhower High School pose for a photo last September before the district’s annual Band-A-Rama in October. File photo by Erin Sanchez
See UCS on page 8A
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