BYLAWS & PURPOSES
According to the bylaws for the VAPA Advisory Council, the objectives of the Council are:
- to advise the VAPA Director and VAPA staff on implementation of the SDUSD Strategic Arts Education Plan
- to help inform and educate district VAPA teachers and community on implementation of the plan
MEETING SCHEDULE
- Meetings are held quarterly on Monday afternoons from 4:30-6:00pm.
- Meetings are virtual. They are open to the public; please email [email protected] for the Zoom/Teams link.
- The meeting schedule is TBD.
COUNCIL LEADERSHIP
- CHAIR: Kayla Rodgers
- VICE CHAIR: Wyatt Ellison
- SECRETARY: Allison Boles
COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP
Council members serve two-year terms; year listed is when the member's term is up. Arts specialist representatives are elected by their membership. All other representatives are elected by the VAPA Advisory Council.
Arts Specialists
- Dance
- Trishaa Camp, Scripps Ranch High School (2028)
- Media Arts
- Jason Berman, Millennial Tech Middle School (2027)
- Music
- Tyla Fraser, Chollas Mead Elementary School (2028) - elementary general music
- Wyatt Ellison, VAPA Elementary Music Team (2028) - grade 4-5 music
- Maureen Flynn, De Portola Middle School (2027) - secondary choral music
- Michael Fiedler, Canyon Hills High School (2027) - secondary instrumental music
- Theatre
- Jeff Russell, Wilson Middle School (2028)
- Patrick Garcia, Scripps Ranch High School (2028)
- Visual Art
- Brian Black, Crawford High School (2027)
- Meera Ramanathan, Zamarano Fine Arts Academy (2028)
- Michelle Calimlim, Wilson Middle School (2027)
- Teri James, SDSCPA (2027)
- TK-3 VAPA Arts
- Andrea Wlodarczyk, VAPA Elementary Arts Team (2028)
Other SDUSD Personnel
- At-Large Members
- Trisha Cox, Visual Art, Muirlands Middle School (2028)
- Kayla Rodgers, Music, VAPA Elementary Music Team (2027)
- Sara Dickman, Dance, Whittier/Riley (2027)
- Classroom Teachers
- Joseph Waldron, Sequoia and Cadman Elementary (2027)
- Mikki Yepiz, Zamorano Fine Arts Academy (2027)
Community Representatives
- Community Members
- Donna Silva Garcia, SDSCPA/FOSCPA Liaison (2027)
- Liz Buffington, SDSU College of Education (2027)
- Kim Bourda, Instructional Coordinator and SDUSD parent (2027)
- Dana Zimbric, Classics 4 Kids, Artistic Director (2027)
- Lisel Gorell-Getz, UCSD, community member (2027)
- Arts Organizations
- Deirdre Moore, Residency Program Manager, Arts Education Connection San Diego (2027)
- Tyler Hodgeson, Education Coordinator, Outside the Lens (2027)
- Allison Boles, Director of Learning & Engagement, La Jolla Music Society (2027)
- Catherine Hanna Schrock, Imagine Brave Spaces (2026)
- Post-Secondary Representative
- Dr. Keith Pedersen, Professor of Music, Point Loma Nazarene University (2027)
- PTA Representative