In the programming phase, The FWA Group conducted several meetings with school staff, parents, students and interested community
groups. FWA met with each of the cluster schools' staff to facilitate formation of the design steering committee which included
students and staff.
The FWA team also contacted community groups from the Chamber of Commerce, the SC Repertoire Theater, the Self Family Arts Center,
the Hilton Head Dance Theater, the Hilton Head Orchestra, the Bluffton Artist Guild, and others to solicit their participation on the
design steering committee. Finally, a request for community groups and parents was issued in newspaper articles and by radio public
service announcements to work with the School District to address the potential needs for a proposed Hilton Head School Cluster
Auditorium.