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Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between District and Opera Piccola, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide 640 hours of Art Residency providing four side by side professional development residencies in ninth grade English and/or Social Studies classes, provide teachers strategies to incorporate creative writing and drama into the curriculum; and provide students differentiated learning; provide students basic acting techniques, theatre craft and offer an in-depth understanding of art form; and provide at least 50 students participation in various Opera Piccola programs off campus, including paid internships, part-time jobs, performance and study tours, at Oakland Technical High School, for the period September 15, 2009 through June 17, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $16,000.00.
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