Task
Tonight you received information regarding the offerings and needs of these three program areas:  Extra Curricular, Fine Arts, and Applied Arts. 

Please indicate the priority your group would assign each of these three areas in terms of future resource allocation to meet the needs identified.  Indicate your priority by placing a “1” beside the program area that is your highest choice, “2” next to your second choice, etc. 

Please note, if you feel more than one program area deserves the same priority ranking, then indicate accordingly.

COMMENTS

• All areas need space/storage and improved air space.
• Keep the children involved!
• For some families when classes/programs are cut, families will provide it outside the school day.  But what happens to the other children – they lose.  How can MHS have less and/or worse facilities and/or classes than our feeder schools?
• Our children’s interests greatly influence our priority rankings.
• All children have different gifts and talents.
• All areas contribute to the development of our children to be successful citizens.
• We have a wide variety of kids, so all areas are equally important. 
• Microsoft applications should be a graduation requirement or there should be a proficiency test to exempt out.
• Expand facilities to handle extracurricular activities.  What about using the 53 Right-of-Way for practice fields.
• We have a world class fine arts program, so it should be supported well. 
• Hardships have fallen on the kids because of the reduction of funding.
• Life skills.
• Community/park district.
• Age of facilities – worst.
• All of these areas are interrelated with regards to addressing space/resource needs.  Merge these needs into other needs to form a comprehensive plan.
• TV area should be located in Performing Arts area.
• Tech Campus, while not ideal, is an option.
• Revisit all weather turf.
• Safety concerns (i.e., field conditions).
• Keep kids engaged, avoid cuts.
• Need new performing arts center.
• Current facilities give a poor first impression to 8th graders, comm. groups.
• New facilities, feeder teams, lack of intramurals.
• Spatial issues, ventilation.
• More incoming students to be involved.
• Add more curriculum.
• More space.
• More kids involved.
• Facilities.
• Poor impression(s) towards incoming freshmen.
• Let’s show our children the fine arts are just as important as our other extracurricular programs.
• We have talented kids in this school.  They deserve a reliable quality sound system and a comfortable auditorium.  Our stage is not large enough for many theater and choral productions.