Our First Hero

Pat Wayne is the Director of Programs and Education at the Arts Orange County Organization. In coordination with the Orange County Board of Education, Arts OC has set up 14 of the 28 school districts in Orange County with strategic arts plans and arts coordinators to help reestablish stability. These districts include: Access, Capistrano, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Newport-Mesa, Ocean View, Orange, Saddlebck, Westinster, Anaheim, Cypress, Irvine, and Lowell.

Within this interview, Pat lays out a couple of contributing factors to the financial burdens in Orange County schools. She also reinforces the importance of creativity in the school environment. Her devotion towards the arts has crowned her the first hero on the site.

For more information about Arts OC please visit their website: www.artsoc.org

A Colorful Adventure

I have decided to embark upon a journey; some may even call it a field trip. I am going to travel around Orange County in search of the public schools whose financial situations have slumped in recent years, specifically regarding their creative education departments. The first a foremost district at the stake is... dum, dum, dum.. Santa Ana Unified School District. I plan to portray the findings thorough a number of interviews, photographs, and facts taken directly from the source.

In drastic economical times it is easy to turn away from the fundamental necessities of a society, such as an EDUCATION. To ensure a COLORFUL and freethinking future we must prioritize in favor of public creative education.

Please join me as we meet the people in charge and the people making a change.