Our district has been named a Top 100 Community for Music Education by the NAMM Foundation for the fifth time. We earned this distinction in 2004, 2007, 2008 2009 and now in 2011.
For 2011, 179 programs were honored, including 172 school districts and seven schools. 2011 marks the first year that individual schools received the designation. The school districts and schools named in 2011 represent 32 states.
There are 14 Texas school districts on the list. They are Arlington, Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Denton, Fort Bend, Frenship, Garland, Hurst-Euless-Bedford, Katy, McKinney, Midway, Northwest, Pasadena, Plano and Richardson.
This program recognizes districts across the United States for their commitment and support of music education in schools. According to the NAMM Foundation, the districts selected have an “unwavering commitment to provide music education for their students.”
Each school receiving the “Best Communities” designation scored in the 80th percentile or higher in the survey’s grading process. Participants in the survey answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program, and other relevant factors in their communities’ music education programs. The responses were verified with district officials and advisory organizations reviewed the data.
For more information about the Best Communities for Music Education program, visit http://www.nammfoundation.org/.
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