The Town of East Hartford and the East Hartford Public Schools Music Department was designated a National Best Community for Music Education. This is an incredible honor for our school community and our community-at-large. To qualify for the Best Communities designation, we answered detailed questions (Grades K-12) about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program and community music-making programs. Responses were reviewed by The Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas.