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Superintendent Report

Music Programing Update

5.12.2025

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Regional Music Programming

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Program Enrollment

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0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Total

GRISWOLD, REBECCA

JAZZ

HS BAND

CHOIR

6 BAND

PREP

7/8 BAND

MS CHOIR

PREP

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17/2 MS

36

8

36

0

44

23

0

147

Concerns on Middle school Jazz Reduction: 2 in HS Jazz currently

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Alternative Models-Carnegie Units: Seat time and credits

  • .25 credits vs .5 per semester= wouldn’t need to meet 5 days a week
  • Add MS for peer growth, and guidance at same zero hour

High School Band Student meeting

  • Collaborative meeting to address additional supports and student voice initiative, how to increase music enrollment

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Transportation of instruments

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  • Currently instruments allowed that can be safely secured in lap, or between legs
  • We will work with new director on large instruments and how to tackle some practice instruments
  • Rosa is working on new guidelines, procedures, and driver training in line with other districts

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Safety & Security-Isolated Building

  • Tax payers approved current design and stand alone concept, a point of pride.
  • Facilities committee has this on radar for future designs
  • Strong safety protocols in place District wide-all door secured/locked
  • Escorts to class and bullet proof glass request
  • Summer projects addressing increased safety
    • Increased amplification for intercoms and strobes being added
    • Video Doorbell controlled by instructor to unlock doors from front of room
    • Lockdown and panic button being installed
    • Facility use committee recommendations

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Extra Hours Compensation

  • Considerations moving forward: Changes require negotiation and union agreement
    • Splitting out Marching and Pep Band Stipends
    • Extended day contract
    • Enrichment pay of 8 hours built into current contract
    • Booster collaboration on stipends for additional support
    • Regional Music Stipend Comparison

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Work & Life Balance Collaboration

2024-2025 Collaborations

  • Collaborative reductions in Pep Band requirements
  • Bi-weekly meetings with supervisor fall/winter-classroom check ins
  • Accompanist and Para support first term-budget decline 2nd
  • PO’s managed by DO

2025-2026 Focus and Alternative Ideas

  • Review of stipend expectations, and extended day contract
  • Alternatives to Pep Band: Jazz, quartets, vocal, drum line
  • Alternative Directors (difficult if director receives stipend)
    • Marching Band hiired independently
    • Alternate “directors” at pep band requirements
    • Student leads- could be compensated like “score clock”
    • CWU Interns
  • Large class sizes
    • 6th grade requirement (A & B schedules)
    • Offset small programming (ideally avg of 28 per class)
  • Director preference-Class size, type of program, class support or administrative support?

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Funding and increased investments

  • Adjusted all stipends 2023-2024 in collaboration with CEREA and Director
  • Collaboration with Boosters for vision of investments
  • New investments
    • Significant investment in instruments and support
    • Music Trailer Collaboration
    • Gym sound system replacement
    • Added music to “curriculum adoption” process

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Next steps to continuous improvements

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    • Interviews of new candidates
    • Transition plan support
    • Booster, parent, collaboration meeting May 15th
    • Student voice: Hiring, and programming
    • Bus guidelines and instrument needs
    • Strategic plan for instrument rotation and program needs
    • Strategies for increased support and enrollment in Music program
    • Facilities Committee reviewing performing arts needs