Duke Ellington

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also in the high school age group, DCPS is more heavily AA than in the younger grades, so it makes sense that Duke Ellington‘s population is more heavily black than DCPS as a whole.

Sure but........

DE is in Ward 3, which is mostly white.

How come DE doesn't do a better job at engaging and recruiting its neighbours?

And Hispanics are clearly underrepresented, while many live in NE, closer to the school than those in SE. Why the disparity?

Ellington in Ward 2, not 3. It's too bad that a new Ellington wasn't built in a more central, transit-accessible location in the District, maybe closer to a major theater (like Arena). Also the area west of Rock Creek Park could use another high school, given Wilson bursting at the seams. The present DE is the former Western HS, which would be ideal for another general high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, the real problem with Duke Ellington is that DCPS fails to organically create a pool of DC residents who possess the skills to compete. That's why I believe the school has to rely on MD and VA residents to fill the gap. There should be elementary and middle feeders into Duke.

Remember that for every Maryland student who is officially and transparently enrolled at Duke Ellington (and supposed to be paying tuition), there likely are two more Maryland residents who are fraudulently attending the school while using a false DC address.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, the real problem with Duke Ellington is that DCPS fails to organically create a pool of DC residents who possess the skills to compete. That's why I believe the school has to rely on MD and VA residents to fill the gap. There should be elementary and middle feeders into Duke.

Remember that for every Maryland student who is officially and transparently enrolled at Duke Ellington (and supposed to be paying tuition), there likely are two more Maryland residents who are fraudulently attending the school while using a false DC address.

As opposed to the rest of DC schools, where no one is paying tuition and yet there are still people living in Maryland using a fraudulent addresses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also in the high school age group, DCPS is more heavily AA than in the younger grades, so it makes sense that Duke Ellington‘s population is more heavily black than DCPS as a whole.

Sure but........

DE is in Ward 3, which is mostly white.

How come DE doesn't do a better job at engaging and recruiting its neighbours?

And Hispanics are clearly underrepresented, while many live in NE, closer to the school than those in SE. Why the disparity?

Ellington in Ward 2, not 3. It's too bad that a new Ellington wasn't built in a more central, transit-accessible location in the District, maybe closer to a major theater (like Arena). Also the area west of Rock Creek Park could use another high school, given Wilson bursting at the seams. The present DE is the former Western HS, which would be ideal for another general high school.

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

That ship has sailed.

Let it go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Echoing PP. It's about the love. Plenty of kids pass the performance part of the audition only to go in an interview and get asked "What do you listen to?" or "Who's your influence?" or "What are your reading?" and have no answer. What you do on stage or on paper or for school is one thing, but what you choose to do when you're not required to do it is where the love shows, and the vast majority of kids who are rejected at any arts school fall down on that count.

Anyone see Dave Chappelle's answer to this? He gave a speech at DE after winning his Emmy, and gave the Emmy to the school. He said he blew the audition, but when he was asked why he learned to act, it was bc he really wanted to become a comedian, and was told he should learn acting to do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUOORs9gXi4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, the real problem with Duke Ellington is that DCPS fails to organically create a pool of DC residents who possess the skills to compete. That's why I believe the school has to rely on MD and VA residents to fill the gap. There should be elementary and middle feeders into Duke.

Remember that for every Maryland student who is officially and transparently enrolled at Duke Ellington (and supposed to be paying tuition), there likely are two more Maryland residents who are fraudulently attending the school while using a false DC address.

Parent of an Ellington student here--I agree that DC should do a better job of prepping DC students to feed into Ellington--that only makes sense. But it is not true that there is serious fraud. After a 100% audit of all students there, 3 were committing fraud. And the numbers of paying students they take from outside DC are low.

[Anonymous]

My White friends' daughter just got into Duke. I drive by there every morning to take my kid to school and I see plenty of White students walking up that long stairwell to the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, the real problem with Duke Ellington is that DCPS fails to organically create a pool of DC residents who possess the skills to compete. That's why I believe the school has to rely on MD and VA residents to fill the gap. There should be elementary and middle feeders into Duke.

Remember that for every Maryland student who is officially and transparently enrolled at Duke Ellington (and supposed to be paying tuition), there likely are two more Maryland residents who are fraudulently attending the school while using a false DC address.

Really? Even after the audit was completed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My White friends' daughter just got into Duke. I drive by there every morning to take my kid to school and I see plenty of White students walking up that long stairwell to the school.

Why are you capitalizing "white?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Echoing PP. It's about the love. Plenty of kids pass the performance part of the audition only to go in an interview and get asked "What do you listen to?" or "Who's your influence?" or "What are your reading?" and have no answer. What you do on stage or on paper or for school is one thing, but what you choose to do when you're not required to do it is where the love shows, and the vast majority of kids who are rejected at any arts school fall down on that count.

Anyone see Dave Chappelle's answer to this? He gave a speech at DE after winning his Emmy, and gave the Emmy to the school. He said he blew the audition, but when he was asked why he learned to act, it was bc he really wanted to become a comedian, and was told he should learn acting to do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUOORs9gXi4

Chappelle's wikipedia page says he grew up in Maryland.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That ship has sailed.

Let it go.

#EvictEllington

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Echoing PP. It's about the love. Plenty of kids pass the performance part of the audition only to go in an interview and get asked "What do you listen to?" or "Who's your influence?" or "What are your reading?" and have no answer. What you do on stage or on paper or for school is one thing, but what you choose to do when you're not required to do it is where the love shows, and the vast majority of kids who are rejected at any arts school fall down on that count.

Anyone see Dave Chappelle's answer to this? He gave a speech at DE after winning his Emmy, and gave the Emmy to the school. He said he blew the audition, but when he was asked why he learned to act, it was bc he really wanted to become a comedian, and was told he should learn acting to do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUOORs9gXi4

Chappelle's wikipedia page says he grew up in Maryland.

Some fraudsters are brazen or dumb, or just both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, the real problem with Duke Ellington is that DCPS fails to organically create a pool of DC residents who possess the skills to compete. That's why I believe the school has to rely on MD and VA residents to fill the gap. There should be elementary and middle feeders into Duke.

Remember that for every Maryland student who is officially and transparently enrolled at Duke Ellington (and supposed to be paying tuition), there likely are two more Maryland residents who are fraudulently attending the school while using a false DC address.

Really? Even after the audit was completed.

Bill Barr summarized the audit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Echoing PP. It's about the love. Plenty of kids pass the performance part of the audition only to go in an interview and get asked "What do you listen to?" or "Who's your influence?" or "What are your reading?" and have no answer. What you do on stage or on paper or for school is one thing, but what you choose to do when you're not required to do it is where the love shows, and the vast majority of kids who are rejected at any arts school fall down on that count.

Anyone see Dave Chappelle's answer to this? He gave a speech at DE after winning his Emmy, and gave the Emmy to the school. He said he blew the audition, but when he was asked why he learned to act, it was bc he really wanted to become a comedian, and was told he should learn acting to do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUOORs9gXi4

Chappelle's wikipedia page says he grew up in Maryland.