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Pembroke schools present visual and performing arts budget, emphasize pathways and enrollment strategies
Summary
Visual and Performing Arts presenter reviewed department accomplishments, staffing and FY26 budget priorities including a subscription-based professional development resource, pathway enrollments and a new VPA graduation requirement; committee and staff discussed recruitment, course offerings and after-school options.
Gwen Chapman, presenter for the visual and performing arts budget for Pembroke Public Schools, reviewed department accomplishments, current staffing and requested items for fiscal year 2026 at the Feb. 25 school committee meeting.
Chapman said the department’s “overarching goal in the visual performing arts is to always provide for students the most amazing art and music, related performances and juried art shows that we can possibly put in front of them.” She described community exhibitions, student internships for the digital arts pathway and a new landing page to help eighth-graders transition to Pembroke High School.
The presentation highlighted measurable successes: 9 of 11 AP Studio Art students earned qualifying scores last year; 22 students are enrolled in the digital arts pathway; nine students are in the first year of a…
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