Hillsborough County Public Schools Curriculum and Instruction
Action Item

DATE: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent

SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS

Approve Renewal Agreement for Technical Services with the Arts Council of Hillsborough County for the 2010/2011 Artists in the Schools Program (Curriculum and Instruction Division)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

We request approval of the renewal Agreement for Technical Services that has been developed with the Arts Council of Hillsborough County to provide the Artists in the Schools Program. The Artists in the Schools Program employs and trains over 100 professional artists and touring companies to present workshops and performances in theatre, dance, music, media, visual arts, and poetry at every regular, exceptional, magnet, charter, and alternative school site. In addition, instructional programs in the arts for teachers and administrators are provided. Hillsborough County’s Artists in the Schools Program, a nationally recognized program in our district for over 36 years, is used as an arts in education model by many school districts throughout the nation.

Years of study have shown that students of the arts continue to outperform their nonarts peers on the Scholastic Assessment Test. The arts are also a vital and significant source of inspiration toward “wellness" defined as the universal desire toward improving our states of mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health. For these reasons and many more, the mission of this program is to infuse and integrate the arts into every student’s day.

During the 2009/2010 school year, 170,590 students and teachers participated in 1,500 art experiences presented by 136 performing companies and individual artists in 205 K-12 regular, exceptional, magnet, charter, and alternative school sites. This comprehensive program is funded jointly by the district and the Arts Council. Matching funds for these in-school programs are provided through grants, fees, and donations made by individual organizations.

Total Outside Funding - $217,900: Grants, Southwest Florida Water Management District, and County Water Department - $80,000; Arts Council Funds - $50,000, Foundation/Corporate Support - $5,000; Earned Income - Field Trip Program - $8,000; Magnet School/After-School Programs - $40,500; School and PTA Purchased Programs - $28,400; Miscellaneous contracts for services and grants programs - $6,000.

ANNUAL DISTRICT GOAL(S) AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S)

* Motivate students to become responsible learners

FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes)

Funds of $121,332 for the attached Agreement for Technical Services are included in the divisional fixed budget. Matching funds of $217,900 for in-school programs are provided through grants, fees, and donations made by individual organizations, as listed above for a total of $339,232 for the program.

EVALUATION

SUBMITTED BY: Barbara B. Hancock, General Director, Elementary Education 
Melanie Faulkner, Supervisor, Elementary Fine Arts

Wynne A. Tye
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction
(813) 272-4221
Gretchen Saunders
Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
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