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Warren County board adopts arts-education resolution, hears plans and grant-funded programming
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Teachers read a state proclamation and asked the Warren County School Board to adopt a local arts-education resolution. The board amended the agenda, passed the resolution and accepted arts programming grants and a donated Spark NC lab.
Teachers and arts staff asked the Warren County School Board on March 10 to make a formal, written commitment to sustaining and growing arts education in district schools. At the meeting, arts instructors read a statewide proclamation designating March as Arts in Our Schools Month and presented a draft local resolution they asked the board to adopt.
"We ask the Warren County School Board for your visible support of arts education," said Megan Fuller, a visual-arts teacher who presented the proclamation and the draft resolution. Fuller said passing the board resolution would join the district with a small number of North Carolina districts that have formally committed to maintaining and growing arts programs.
The board amended the agenda to add the resolution and then passed it by voice vote after a brief motion and second. Board members said they would sign the resolution following its passage.
District staff also outlined spring arts programming funded in part through a state grassroots allocation of $23,257. The program will run March through May and staff said it aims to serve more than 900 students through a mix of vendor partnerships, clinics and culminating performances. Programming highlighted in the presentation includes interactive dance workshops, a band clinic with North Carolina Central University, a quilting/STEAM project tied to fourth-grade math standards, a week-long poetry residency and hands-on music production sessions.
"Through these experiences, we intend to help students build technical skills and collaborative habits while integrating arts with classroom learning," the arts presenter said.
Board members and administrators also received an update about a Spark NC pilot program donation: a remodeled classroom space the district said is valued at more than $50,000. The board later voted to accept that donation during the action items portion of the meeting.
The board's approval of the resolution and acceptance of donation conclude the board-level actions; staff said next steps include finalizing the resolution text and scheduling signings and public communications about the grant-funded arts events.
