Future Looks Bright

It appears I did something right with recruitment, as we are expecting our program to number around 260 students next year, that up around 90 students.  The program has really taken off and we now seeing the fruits of our hard labor.  We still have technology issues and our experiment with a PC lab has been tenuous, it just doesn’t work for what we do.  In our opinion the Mixcraft software just isn’t as user friendly nor is it as robust as garageband for the entry level 1 students.  We are trying to go back to total Mac labs, as we are suppose to get a technology refresh.  We need to upgrade 60 computers, that’s around $66,000, yikes!  It’s difficult to keep technology working and current in an environment where large budget cuts are a daily occurrence.  It seems are only true limit is the budget.  It appears the school district has all but wiped out any funding for next year.  Of course the national economy is not much better with talk and signs of recession, so private sector grants may dry up too.    Our goal this year is to find alternative ways to fund the program. I am sure many of you are in the same boat as we are.