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Meeting Date:
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5/28/2014 - 7:30 PM
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Category:
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Untitled
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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17.1 Restoration of Instrumental Music at 5th Grade for the 2014-2015 School Year
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LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan) Goal:
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College and Career
California State Standards (CCSS) Goal 1.1-1.5, 1.17, 1.22-1.23
California State Standards (CCSS) Goal 1.1-1.5, 1.17, 1.22-1.23
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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A pullout instrumental music program was previously offered for 4th and 5th grades in all elementary schools. Due to budget cuts, the 4th grade program was eliminated by MDUSD Board action on March 3, 2009. This resulted in the reduction of 6.4 FTE's beginning in the 2009-2010 school year. On June 2, 2009, the Board took further action and eliminated the program at 5th grade. This action reduced 7.3 FTE’s for the 2010-2011 school year.
Based on the assumption of comparable enrollment, restoration of the 5th grade program would require adding back 7.3 FTE’s. Restoration of the 4th grade program would require 6.4 FTE’s.
The impact of the elimination of the elementary instrumental music program has been seen at both the Middle schools and High schools in the following ways: a decrease in participation at Area Music Festivals, a decline in enrollment in Middle School and High School instrumental music programs, and music courses at Middle School and High School level cut due to low enrollment numbers.
Additionally, the 2014-2015 school year will be the first year the High Schools receives students in their music programs where students have not had any elementary instrumental music instruction.
During recent LCAP community meetings, there has been strong community voice to restore the elementary instrumental music program to ensure equity and opportunities for music education within MDUSD. This proactive action will support our vision to increase student engagement and provide students with a high quality education that will prepare them to be college, career, and civic ready.
Additionally, there have been numerous studies about the benefits of arts education, including instrumental music education. One study by James Catterall (I-Group Books, 2009), explores the relationships between arts involvement, academic achievement and citizenship. Using 12 years of data collected by the National Educational Longitudinal Survey (NELS) where students were studied for the same 12-year period, Catterall’s study looks at the effect of education, visual and performing arts on the achievement and values of young adults and compares students at arts-rich schools to students in arts-poor schools. Students who were highly involved with the arts outperformed their less-involved peers, even within low socioeconomic groups; low-income students with high arts involvement performed better than the average student (at all income levels) in the NELS sample.
In order to prepare for the restoration of the instrumental music program, a district-wide committee, comprised of music educators, administrators, classroom teachers, and music education foundation members will be formed immediately. The committee’s role will be to analyze exemplary music programs and recommend a model for our elementary music instruction that will best support our district music program. In addition, the committee will assist with the recommendation of curricular materials for the program.
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Funding:
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Unrestricted General Fund
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Fiscal Impact
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$296,534 to the unrestricted general fund
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Recommendation:
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Restore the elementary instrumental music program at the 5th grade level for the 2014-2015 school year.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Debbie Maher - Sr. Administrative Executive Assistant to the Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Dr. Nellie Meyer - Superintendent
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Vote Results:
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| New Motion | | Member Cheryl Hansen Moved, Member Linda Mayo seconded to approve the New motion 'Approve to restore the elementary instrumental music program at the 5th grade level for the 2014-2015 school year.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 5 - 0 | | | | | Linda Mayo | Yes | | Lynne Dennler | Yes | | Cheryl Hansen | Yes | | Brian Lawrence | Yes | | Barbara Oaks | Yes | |
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