Enrichment built into the school day is working. Gardens, music, art, dance, ecoliteracy, band, and library time are all highlights.

About this proposal: This statement was drafted by the MSEG team to capture the common thread across 8 comments shared on the What's Working board at the June 1, 2026 community engagement session. The original comments appear below, unedited, so you can see exactly what was said. Read all 159 comments from the session.

What we heard

• The integration of garden education into every student's day creates calming, healthy opportunities to grow
• Gardens
• Library time with a great librarian
• Enrichment (music, dance, gardening) built into the school day
• Enrichments like ecoliteracy, music, and expressive arts
• Arts integration works well at my school!
• Band class
• "Extras" (art, music, garden) that supplement core instruction