Savoy Elementary is one of eight in the country earmarked by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities as a “turnaround” school one in dire need of help. For three years, each of the eight is “adopted” by a well-known artist (in Savoy’s case, the actress Kerry Washington) and receives a tremendous funding boost to institute arts and other programs ($14.7 million for the eight).
Freedom of creative expression has always been the greatest form of therapy. Since arts and physical activity ahs been taken from the school system our children have become bored, restless, and resentful. This is why the dropout rate and crime is so high.
