tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post3163408326397517423..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Wallace Foundation GrantMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-24828197004001321722012-04-11T09:34:18.897-07:002012-04-11T09:34:18.897-07:00Charlie, I seem to recall some updates at C&I ...Charlie, I seem to recall some updates at C&I meetings. I do think there IS a lot of planning going on but I don't know how much is out there for the public to know about.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-53578782577935455782012-04-11T07:07:56.874-07:002012-04-11T07:07:56.874-07:00I'll start this discussion with a re-post of a...I'll start this discussion with a re-post of a comment from another thread:<br /><br />This post reminds me that there needs to be a thread about the SPS arts planning process. They got a $1million grant from the Wallace Foundation just to create an arts plan, but I haven’t heard much about what they are doing. I went to one of the community meetings about it and the district person made it clear that she was not going to talk about the process. $1 million is a lot of money and it can’t be spend on direct services or buying much-needed art supplies, instruments, or contracting with teaching artists like Arts Corps provides. Also, creating the plan is not a guarantee that the Wallace Foundation will fund the carrying out of the plan. LA planned for 10 years and then did not get implementation funding. What is SPS’s Plan B, where else will they get funding for the arts – not Seattle Office for Education. I hope that this doesn’t become another initiative that sits on a shelf. In a creative place like Seattle, our children deserve more arts and we deserve more transparency.<br /><br />mom51Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.com