Foundations put musical instruments in students' hands

Students at Clarkston High School in Clarkston and Sequoyah Middle in Doraville opened boxes containing $100,000 worth of musical instruments Monday.

The DeKalb County School District credited the donation to the Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation and The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation.

More students will be able to join the band programs at the schools as a result, school district officials said. The donations were split about evenly between the schools.

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