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Otta, Kaitlin
From:Sarah Davis <sarah.davis@trustchildrenscenter.com>
Sent:Tuesday,
To:E-mail Council Website
Cc:Emma Saperstein
Subject:Public comment, Nov. 10 meeting: Support for SLOMA expansion
Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council,
I am the Director of Trust Children’s Center. Last year, we brought our students to the San Luis Obispo
Museum of Art, and I urge you to approve the City's remaining $2 million contribution to its expansion.
Our preschool room (ages 3-5) took the city bus to the Art Museum. We enjoyed a tour of the museum, a
hands-on art activity with new material and then brought our lunches for a picnic lunch at the end. The
children, parents and teacher enjoyed this immensely and still talk about it! Some of the children
actually brought there parents on weekend trips to the Art Museum afterwards, because they felt so
excited! We are hoping to plan another trip in 2027!
A free museum within reach gives students a chance to see original art up close. The new campus, with
triple the exhibition space and a dedicated education center, would let more classes visit and do hands-
on work that is hard to o?er in a classroom. The Museum designs its curriculum guides and activities
with trained teaching artists to address California Education Standards, helping fill in the arts instruction
that schools are mandated to provide but often cannot. SLOMA is free and will remain free, so cost is
never a barrier for our families.
The City has already committed $500,000 to this $21 million project. Your support now will help the
Museum open by summer 2027 and give other funders confidence to follow. Thank you for your
consideration.
Sincerely,
Sarah Davis
Director, Trust Children’s Center
M: 805.439.1233 • D: 805.548.1214
http://trustchildrenscenter.com/
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