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May 24, 2005
The Littlecabinet: Missy Crutchfield Will Head Education, Arts and Culture
Mayor Ron Littlefield introduced his new administration -- including Missy Crutchfield as the head of a revamped Education, Arts and Culture Department -- to a packed City Hall this afternoon.
The most striking of Littlefield's changes in civic structure was his splitting of Arts and Culture from the Parks and Recreation Department, and adding education promotion to the duties of the new office. "I don't want Education, Arts and Culture to get lost in all that's going on in Parks and Recreation," he said.
But Littlefield said that Crutchfield's education tasks will not include pressuring the county for school-funding increases. "We're not going to get involved in funding," he said. "I am not going to tread into the county's territory. I have assured the county that I will not be repeating what they do."
Instead, Littlefield said, City's Hall scholarly focus will be on "creating programs, classes and classroom speakers."
Cruchfield said that in her first month as an administrator, she would "work on sending positive messages on education." She said using "more of our rec centers and libraries" would be a high priority. And she offered ideas for the arts as well.
"I don't think it's any secret that the arts are instrumental in healing," Crutchfield said. "I'd like to work on developing some creative arts therapies."
| By mesh | 02:32 PM
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