When an outdated sound system kept cutting out during student performances at Miller South School for the Performing Arts, parents and community members raised the money to fix it themselves.
With the district facing a projected $12 million deficit and limited funds for building upgrades, parents Andy Shepperd and Mina Riazi organized a fundraiser that raised $13,000 in just eight weeks. Support from Audio-Technica U.S., Inc. in Stow allowed the school to purchase a $24,000 sound system at nearly half the cost.
“It was all parents and community,” said Principal Regina Anderson…