I know this is an unpopular opinion, but k-12 art education is totally unnecessary. You need separate faculty members for music, dance, visual art and drama, and all those things require expensive supplies and lots of space. If you eliminated art programs entirely, you'd be able to give people who teach useful subjects a higher salary, and maybe a high enough salary that we'd get some actual competition for teaching positions, which is what we need right now.
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senorhousemouse