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Garden City residents will head to the polls on May 18 to vote for the 2021-22 school budget. (Shutterstock)
GARDEN CITY, NY This year, Garden City residents will be voting in-person for the 2021-22 school district budget on May 18.
The coronavirus was not an acceptable reason to request an absentee ballot for this year s election, so the majority of the voting will be done in person. The vote will be held from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the gym of Garden City High School, located at 170 Rockaway Ave.
The district s proposed spending plan for the 2021-22 school year is $122,381,487, which is an increase of 1.21 percent, or $1,468,346 over the current budget.
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USD 457 Board of Education rejected the removal of fifth grade band and orchestra at Monday s regular Board meeting.
The board decided to not follow staff s recommendation to remove the course.
It s an elective course which meets every other day, alternating with physical education. In the course, students are introduced to instruments and learn the beginning skills to play them.
The request for the deletion of the course came due to bussing students from Abe Hubert, Plymell and Jennie Barker schools. The classes are at large and hard to accommodate in buildings.
In addition the recommendation to remove the course also stated that the students who are bussed in miss core instruction and the band concerts are too large for the K-6 facilities.
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A number of music concerts are scheduled during the coming week at Garden City Public Schools. The concerts will be presented with social distancing protocols in place to keep guests safe.
Horace Good Middle School will present a choir concert at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, May 10th in Clifford Hope Auditorium, 1412 N. Main Street.
Kenneth Henderson Middle School will present a band concert at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, May 10th in the school’s gymnasium, 2406 Fleming Street.
The Garden City High School band will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 10th in the auditorium at the high school, 2720 Buffalo Way Blvd.
USD 457
The Garden City High School radio station KBFZ-LP 101.7 FM was back on the air on Thursday, May 6
th, after being silent for a number of weeks. The station was knocked off the air due to issues with the station’s transmitter and antenna, which was caused by winter weather.
KBFZ-LP 101.7 FM is a student run radio station at Garden City High School. The station showcases the abilities of the students at the school as they deliver USD 457 district news, sports, and information to the community. The music format for the station is all 1980’s music; the only all 80’s station in Garden City. GCHS is the only high school in the state of Kansas to operate its own Low Power FM radio station.