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Arts education in District 79 schools and for justice-involved students
2:04:50
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about the provision of arts education in District 79 schools, including those serving justice-involved students. DOE officials acknowledge challenges in these areas and express commitment to improvement.
- DOE lacks specific data on certified art teachers in District 79 schools and promises to follow up.
- Officials recognize that District 79 sites often lack art teachers, identifying this as an area needing support.
- The importance of arts education for justice-involved students is emphasized, with officials stating it could potentially help save some students' lives.
Rita Joseph
2:04:50
How about our d seventy nine school sites and d seventy five have certified art teachers?
2:04:58
How often that teacher is covering three to four sites?
Paul Thompson
2:05:05
So this is another one of those opportunities where unfortunately I get to say to you we'll have to get back to you with that specific data.
2:05:13
One of the things I will just say anecdotally is that one of the things that we find in tracking is that d 79 sites in particular are one of the places where we find where there might not be an arts teacher.
2:05:29
And so this is something that we deeply have to look at and continue to support in the work that we're doing.
Rita Joseph
2:05:36
D79 also covers our justice involved students.
2:05:40
Are we meeting their needs also with arts education?
Paul Thompson
2:05:45
Again, we support all of the superintendents in our work.
2:05:50
And again, this is something that we we we and specifically with this population, the arts, and this is not hyperbole, could potentially help save some of these kids' lives.
2:06:02
And so this is ongoing work that we are navigating around.
2:06:07
And again, in our two years of of of working in reimagining how we do this work, it's something that we're dedicated to focusing on and get back to you with more data.