School board ends band mandate

Some members leave door open to making marching band a for-credit activity in the future By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times EAST MARLBOROUGH — The Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education unanimously voted Monday night to change the marching band at Unionville High School from a co-curricular activity to an extra-curricular activity, but some members held out the possibility that marching band could...

Board likely to drop band mandate

Board of Education appears poised to change marching band to extra-curricular activity By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times The Unionville High School Marching Band, seen here in action at Disney World in 2012, will likely no longer be mandatory for the school’s music students, after a vote next Tuesday. EAST MARLBOROUGH — The Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education appears poised to end mandatory...