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Marietta City Schools moves ahead with orchestra expansion
By Carolyn Cunningham
Dec 31, 2015Orchestra will be offered in the higher grade levels of Marietta City Schools over the next few years.
The program will be introduced at Marietta 6th Grade Academy in 2016-17, Marietta Middle School for 2017-19 and Marietta High School for 2019-20.
The estimated cost for these first four years is $291,696 followed by $96,000 for years five to 10.
Currently, a strings program is underway with third to fifth graders through a cooperative program with Kennesaw State University.
