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Brighton arts director highlights access, AP growth and festival success
Summary
Tracy Glaser told the board the district has grown advanced arts participation, accommodated students with disabilities in music, and maintained its "Best Communities for Music Education" designation for the 15th consecutive year.
Tracy Glaser, director of visual and performing arts, told the Brighton Central School District Board on Oct. 1 that the district is expanding access and advanced coursework in the arts while increasing visibility for student work.
Glaser highlighted two students who required significant accommodations (a deaf student learning cello and a student with a severe visual impairment learning violin) as examples of the department adapting instruction. She said more than 25 students are working on AP art and design portfolios and that 95 percent of the district P art history students who took the exam last year scored a 4 or 5, compared with a national average cited at about 3.2.
"We are really working to honor the multifaceted talents and interests of our students and make it work," Glaser said, describing program growth across middle and high school and increased county- and state-level festival participation. She also noted that the district subsidizes costs so students can participate regardless of ability to pay.
Glaser listed community partnerships and visiting experts (including a recent visit by a Grammy winner) and said the district had success hosting regional solo festivals and sending students to All-County and All-State ensembles. She closed by saying the department is building aligned pathways between arts and technology that could lead students to careers in creative fields.
The board thanked Glaser for the presentation; no formal vote was required.
