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District reports first-year gains from Prop 28 arts funding, highlights teacher collaboration
Summary
La Mesa‑Spring Valley school officials told the board April 1 that first‑year implementation of Proposition 28 has added credentialed arts teachers, increased elementary arts instruction and created release time for teacher collaboration, which leaders said improved engagement and helped lower chronic absenteeism at some sites.
La Mesa‑Spring Valley school officials on April 1 presented the board with a year‑one report on implementing Proposition 28-funded Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) programming, saying the voter-approved funding has expanded arts access and given teachers dedicated collaboration time.
Christian, the district’s coordinator of VAPA, told the board the program has placed a team of credentialed arts teachers in elementary schools and added music or arts courses at several middle schools, including Spring Valley Academy,…
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