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Board adopts strategic arts plan, explains Prop 28 spending and staffing approach
Summary
The board reviewed an NMUSD Strategic Arts Plan that maps five arts domains (dance, media arts, music, theater, visual arts) and explained how Prop 28 funding will supplement (not supplant) existing programs; trustees discussed grouping elementary schools to create full‑time positions and per‑pupil allocations.
Newport‑Mesa Unified School District leaders presented a Strategic Arts Plan and described how the district is implementing Proposition 28 arts funding while preserving existing arts programs.
Mike Sciacca and Tamara Fairbanks described the plan's five domains — dance, media arts, music, theater and visual arts — and the district's strategy to provide broad elementary exposure and funnels to specialized opportunities at middle and high school. Fairbanks emphasized investments in materials and technology, saying schools will receive…
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