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...

UCF Board tables HS band mandate

Board votes to wait until January to decide about ending marching band requirement By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times The Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education isn’t expected to make a final decision on repealing the requirement of high school music students to participate in marching band until January, after tabling a proposed change to district policy, Monday night. EAST MARLBOROUGH —...