How will Music and Art be affected?
A. Art and Music are important for students, and will be addressed through a new partnership between the district and arts organizations in the city. Electives are important. This policy makes the assumption EVERYONE must go to college to be “successful” there is a complete lack of referral of school-to-career programs, vocational and technical training as legitimate options. A. It is the responsibility of the school district to provide students with enough knowledge and experiences so that they can make a well-informed decision about what to pursue in life. The school district is not in the business of deciding who is and is not going to college. School-to-career programs will continue to operate, and the quality of the offerings will be improved if students are more able to read and do mathematics. All students regardless of what they are planning to do after graduation deserve to have an education that allows them to be literate and proficient in reading and mathematics, so that the
