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Nonprofit proposes murals on Syracuse school exteriors to boost student engagement; commission offers support
Summary
Deborah Little, founder of a nonprofit partnership with Syracuse City School District, pitched a program to place motivational murals and exterior artwork on school walls as part of a broader student-engagement and attendance strategy. Public Art Commission members offered contacts and suggested partnerships with school staff and local artists.
A Syracuse native who runs a nonprofit education program proposed deploying murals and exterior artwork at city schools to encourage attendance and student engagement.
Deborah Little told the Public Art Commission she works with students with chronic absenteeism and low achievement and described exterior school walls as "a huge canvas" for visible motivational messages and imagery. "What's the vision for your life?" Little said she asks her students; she argued that consistent, positive exterior messages could…
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